Sentence examples for engine is sputtering from inspiring English sources

McIlroy's engine is sputtering.

Now the French engine is sputtering too.

This twin economic engine is sputtering now, thanks to the collapse in consumer spending and, with it, world trade.

China's manufacturing engine is sputtering, which bodes ill for other Asian exporters like Japan and South Korea.

Lester Ross, a long-standing member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Beijing and head of law firm Wilmer Hale's practice in the city, said the Chinese leadership wants to go through with this week's negotiations and seek a deal at a time when its economic engine is sputtering.

The truth: America's startup engine is sputtering.

He said the N.T.S.B. had noted witness reports that the engine was sputtering.

"It was fluttering in the air, and it sounded like the engine was sputtering," Ms. Fendrock said.

Some old engines are sputtering and new ones are firing up.

And the company's other main engine, the famously loyal consumer base, is sputtering.

The engine of the good ship Italia is sputtering; the wind is blowing it towards the rocks; and the captain is busy with other matters.So far the government's only economic initiatives have been to scrap an unpopular house levy and reduce the tax on overtime.