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Familiar Quotations

Sputtering – "Sizzle"

Sell the sizzle, not the steak.–Anonymous

Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle.–Camille Paglia

You have to accept the fact that part of the sizzle of sex comes from the danger of sex. You can be overpowered.–Camille Paglia

Sputtering – "Spit"

If I spit, they will take my spit and frame it as great art.–Pablo Picasso

Put an Irishman on the spit and you can always get another Irishman to turn him.–George Bernard Shaw

Use in Literature

Sputtering

Above the sputter of the machine guns and the occasional explosions of shrapnel could be distinguished the buzz of an aeroplane that moment by moment approached nearer.–Robert Herrick (1868-1938) in The World Decision.

When he tried he sputtered and stammered and his voice sounded strange and squeaky to him.–Sherwood Anderson in Winesburg, Ohio.

Demetrio fired shot after shot, constantly warning his men of impending danger, but they took no heed until they felt the bullets spattering them from one side.–Mariano Azuela in The Underdogs [Mexican Revolt].

We all rose, spluttering and gasping, in a moment.–R.M. Ballantyne in The Coral Island (A Tale Of The Pacific Ocean).

At her side Cap'n Bill was sputtering and coughing, trying to get rid of the water he had swallowed.–L. Frank Baum in The Scarecrow of Oz.

At once the skeropythrope began to sputter and emit sparks of a violet color, which spread in all directions.–L. Frank Baum in Glinda of Oz.

• Preface iv
• Familiar Quotations 1
• Sputtering – "Sizzle" 1
• Sputtering – "Spit" 1
• Use in Literature 2
• Sputtering 2
• Sputtering – "Candle" 8
• Sputtering – "Eyes" 9
• Sputtering – "Fire" 9
• Sputtering – "Flame" 10
• Sputtering – "Heard" 10
• Sputtering – "Rain" 11
• Sputtering – "Spatter" 11
• Sputtering – "Spit" 11
• Sputtering – "Splutter" 13
• Sputtering – "Yellow" 13
• Nonfiction Usage 14
• Journalism Usage 14
• Governmental Usage 15
• Patent Usage 15
• Bibliographic Usage 77
• Encyclopedic Usage 99
• Lexicographic Usage 100
• Index 107