How to Use putter in a Sentence

putter

1 of 2 noun
  • The putter’s let me down this year.
    — Mike Fore, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Burns let go of his putter and dropped to his knees.
    — Doug Ferguson, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
  • Those are all achieved without the use of a putter.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Bhatia has gained strokes around the green and with the putter.
    — Dennis Esser, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Drop a new putter in the bag, change your swing, change your grip, change your stance.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2023
  • Hiura pulled out the driver and put the putter back in the bag.
    — Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Young can thank his putter for still being in contention.
    — Justin Ray, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2026
  • That week also featured a new putter.
    — ABC News, 7 May 2026
  • Jailbird’s been this iconic putter for us.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Varner threw his putter down and pumped his arms to celebrate.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2022
  • Ryan Crouser is the best shot putter in the history of track and field.
    — Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 18 July 2022
  • That was a product of going to a zero-torque putter, and trusting his first read.
    — ABC News, 7 May 2026
  • As for the whereabouts of her original putter, Zhang has no idea.
    — Doug Ferguson, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
  • But Cantlay’s accurate irons and hot putter moved him back on top.
    — Dallas News, 15 Apr. 2022
  • With an improved putter, the seal appears broken.
    — Justin Ray, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The symphony of sounds — a roar, a purr, a putter — each engine creates.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Children need to bring their own clubs (iron, wedge, putter and driver) and water bottle.
    — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 31 Dec. 2020
  • That’s not to say the golfers will be using driver/sand wedge (or driver/putter) on every hole.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2022
  • Campbell is accurate off the tee and a solid putter.
    — Geoff Clark Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
  • Scheffler raised his putter when the ball was still several feet from the cup as there was never a doubt in his mind.
    — Adam Schupak, The Arizona Republic, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Woods’s putter making contact with his golf ball could be heard in the quiet from 75 feet away.
    — Photographs By Doug Mills, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
  • If the putter stays warm, no one can stop him from making history on Sunday.
    — Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
  • When the driver complements the putter like that, in a place like that, results tend to follow.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Crouser has separated himself from the the best shot putters in the world.
    — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 27 May 2023
  • Brandt Snedeker was right beside him in the final pairing — with a hot new putter in the bag.
    — ABC News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • All her thoughts were directed toward controlling her hands, arms, body, head, and the putter.
    — Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The three regulation weights used most often by shot putters are the easiest sizes to find.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
  • In fact, English is one of the best putters on TOUR.
    — Geoff Clark Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
  • This year’s success has been slightly more about his elite short game and becoming a top-10 putter.
    — Brody Miller, New York Times, 17 June 2026
  • Smith used his magic touch with the putter to run it along with edge of the bunker onto the green and made the 10-footer for par.
    — Doug Ferguson, Chron, 18 July 2022

putter

2 of 2 verb
  • Take some time to putter about the house and wrap up minor chores.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023
  • No more interminable waits for a rental car bus to putter along; now there’s a train!
    — Dallas News, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The sound of a dish rattling echoed from the kitchen, where Michelle was still puttering.
    — Alice Gregory, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
  • That gives him more time to putter about and see what bird or butterfly grabs his attention.
    — Johanna Silver, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Aujla puttered in and out of the studio, smiling and not saying much.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Poking and puttering in this oily domain helped keep his fingers in shape.
    — Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Bricolage derives from the French verb bricoler, to putter about.
    — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2012
  • The air smelled sweet and repellent, like a puttering campfire.
    — River Selby august 25, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Horses putter around in the gently rolling field behind the Perres’ small house.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Mother Kim would putter up to the airport to pick him up after most every failed tryout.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2025
  • There’s a tribal enthusiasm among those who putter in the soil – and those who market to them – that’s hard to match.
    — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2025
  • The mail lady rattles by, puttering to a rubbery stop beside the mailbox.
    — Emily Zebel, Longreads, 23 May 2024
  • Finally, a ship normally used for salmon farming puttered into view.
    — Mark Johanson, Outside, 14 Mar. 2026
  • In February, Nathalia Assaad puttered to her living room with pound cake.
    — Christopher Spata, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
  • These behemoths putter through Arctic waters at roughly 1 mile per hour, growing less than a pinky’s width per year.
    — Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2016
  • And kids who are allowed to putter around just a bit in childhood are more likely to become innovators and high achievers in adulthood.
    — Alison Escalante, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Li and his parents putter around in this gap between languages, leaving readers with a small inventory of calques and loanwords.
    — Andrea Long Chu, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2021
  • But after 38 years, Bob sometimes misses having a basement with a workshop to putter around in.
    — Arlene Becker, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2021
  • But a puttering feeling pervades even these climactic moments.
    — Naveen Kumar, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Jamon would putter behind him slowly in his car, drinking lemonade and blasting the air conditioner.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 June 2026
  • Instead of focusing on other people or starting major projects, take today to simply putter around the house and work on yourself.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Smith, one of the great actors of his generation, is completely wasted, puttering and pouting about.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 12 June 2024
  • The previous record was set 90 years ago — only about three decades after the first cars puttered through Yosemite Valley.
    — Cari Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
  • The pizza was ordered and the movie picked out, my husband was puttering with his plants, two of the children were playing together, and my oldest sat down at the piano bench.
    — Jessica Goudeau, TIME, 11 July 2024
  • Ingenuity hovered above the rover acting as a scout, as Perseverance puttered along the sands of Mars.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Some major drivers of higher prices, such as rents, energy, and used cars, have puttered out or started to reverse, causing sharp drops in overall inflation.
    — Christopher Rugaber, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2023
  • As cars puttered in a constant stream past Willow Park, Mckenzie Gary pointed at a nearby hill that led into the park.
    — Stephanie Kuzydym, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Alas, the radio-less Cub puttered along the runway, seemingly oblivious to the Cessna fast approaching his rear.
    — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Today’s Bush is a cuddlier figure, who, we are told, likes to putter around his art studio, painting pictures of dogs and American flags.
    — New York Times, 8 June 2022
  • In the video, a man putters up and down the street carrying a pitchfork, shouting at his neighbors and at no one, punctuated by the occasional obscenity.
    — Ethan Bauer, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2025

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