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stammer

[stam-er] / ˈstæm ər /


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Hansen would then make a dramatic entrance and interrogate the men, who would often stammer and bumble through the encounter before leaving.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2026

Now, Gellar has made a more ceremonious return, albeit with a frustrating stop-and-start stammer.

From Salon Mar. 26, 2026

Jessie says she has received messages from others with a stammer who have said the representation has helped them feel seen.

From BBC Jan. 19, 2026

The hairdresser doesn't feel her game was impacted by her stammer as the other contestants would be patient and allow her to speak her mind.

From BBC Jan. 19, 2026

I started to stammer something, but he cut me off with a laugh.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

Hayley said people with stammers were often mocked or villainised in the media and sometimes portrayed as having them as a result of trauma.

From BBC Jan. 12, 2026

Britt stammers in response: “I don’t always—you know, yes, I cook Sunday nights for dinner, but I was about to say, I don’t always crush it.”

From Slate Dec. 18, 2025

“I … I … I can’t ….go to work,” one stammers in German.

From Seattle Times May 28, 2024

Ray Fisher incarnates, with natural majesty, the brawn and bravado of Muhammad Ali; Edwin Lee Gibson shambles and stammers as Stepin Fetchit while retaining the dignity of a canny survivor.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 27, 2023

“No. I mean, maybe? Sorry...I didn’t mean...I know you like to read,” Phil stammers.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

I stammered inane commentary as my eyes tried to refocus.

From Slate Jun. 22, 2025

“Tim, I'm focused on the future,” Vance stammered before an ineffective attempt to deflect.

From Salon Oct. 3, 2024

“I don’t want to be in it,” he stammered.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2024

Often speaking in Tajik through a translator, he answered questions about his biography quietly and stammered, according to Mediazona.

From New York Times Mar. 24, 2024

Shaking with fear, the man stammered that he hadn’t.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Frazier’s natural skill as an “Entertainment Tonight” host helped smooth the transitions to Malkin’s stammering and distracting voice, but their worthless gushing detracted from the moment.

From Salon Jan. 12, 2026

But this stammering, rather dull chap doesn’t come across as a genius.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 25, 2025

After one of his sketches, the actual Sid Caesar might ever so briefly, in a stammering voice, appear before a commercial break to say: “We’ll be right back.”

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

Then we return to Clay stammering: “I thought you wanted one? No?”

From New York Times Jan. 19, 2024

The music died away in a nervous stammering of drums.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin




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