verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
cough
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Ma Katz coughed and spluttered , yellow tears coursing down her face.
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Then he wakes up coughing and spluttering .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
come to life/roar into life/splutter into life etc
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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His car barely made it across the finish line, spluttering and choking, before the fuel supply dried up.
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Ma Katz coughed and spluttered, yellow tears coursing down her face.
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McBride spluttered, yelled, got red in the face.
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Shaw is like saltwater in the face and Margaret was apt to splutter .
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Shells from our gunboats on the James came hoarsely spluttering over the heads of our troops.
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The clerk rose, stretched and looked around the deserted hall now darkening as the torches spluttered out.