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It's those who relate to authors or entertainers in one area and cannot stand the cognitive dissonance in having their favorites differ from them in another who sputteringly bemoan the fact that these, these celebrities won't practice self-censorship and spare them from their awful opinions.

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It's those who relate to authors or entertainers in one area and cannot stand the cognitive dissonance in having their favorites differ from them in another who sputteringly bemoan the fact that these, these celebrities won't practice self-censorship and spare them from their awful opinions. — pages turned
Only when the two women were helped sputteringly aboard did he interfere. — Further Adventures of Lad
The ladies both broke in at this, rather sputteringly, but Cousin — Ruggles of Red Gap
"Giggle! giggle! giggle!" came sputteringly from behind Concordia's easel as she gasped, "Don't you understand? — Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878.
As the men obeyed the command to cease firing one would again have been reminded of exploding packs of fire crackers, for the fire died down sputteringly, with here and there another report or two from soldiers who felt that they had a fine bead drawn and ached to "get" another enemy or two. — Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros