Picard's voice fluttered and sputtered and then simply faded away.

His voice, while thick no longer sputtered so.

The chill night crackled with the static and metallic voices sputtering out of police-band radios.

Sorry, old bean," the voice sputtered, "I've taken ill.

Her voice nearly lost itself in the sizzle and sputter on the range.

"Help me," a meek voice sputtered through a mouthful of blood, the crimson fluid flowing over the lower lip and splattering to the floor.

The voice that counseled teen-agers on the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse now only sputters slurred phrases.

Through a different speaker another voice sputtered.

A voice called across the waters of Chesapeake Bay, as the engine of the speedboat sputtered to a halt.

A mahen voice sputtered in her ear: "Clear when ready.