1.   Suddenly the engine sputtered and stopped.

2.   The engine sputtered and died.

3.   The engine sputtered to life with a corrupting puff of diesel exhaust.

4.   The road was deserted and we were throbbing along at a moderate pace when suddenly the engine sputtered and stopped.

5.   The engine sputtered out, and Melinda steered the car to the side of the road.

6.   Along Kashmir Road, the narrow street that runs past the school, horns honk, gears grind and engines sputter.

7.   But now your engine sputters like a Harley idling at the curb, even at normal traffic speeds.

8.   Her power cut out, and the engine sputtered in the plane that she owned with her husband.

9.   There are moments when the fires diminish and the engine sputters.