The fire sputtered; the metallic tinkle of jazz flowed on.

An eerie gloom filled the cabin as the fire sputtered lower in the tin stove.

The fire sputtered, and the pan filled with water faster than it could be emptied.

The fire sputtered and hissed as drenching rain doused it.

And still the Magyars survived, the fire of their independent spirit often sputtering low, but never extinguished.

The fire sputtered, then caught when he increased the fuel flow.

The fire, damped by its body, sputtered toward extinction.

Little fires sputtered in secret courtyards, tended by dark and hungry figures.

In the middle of the flats, a fire sputtered on the muddy ground.

Chapter 8 The night wind moaned in the passes, and the small fire sputtered.