stammer
Example Sentences
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Now, Gellar has made a more ceremonious return, albeit with a frustrating stop-and-start stammer.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
"I feel like having a stammer makes you a good listener and it kind of helps me to be able to just watch a little bit more," she says.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026
Hayley, 34, said Jessie being good at the game and her stammer not being the focus gave people "something to relate to".
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
After an intentionally pregnant pause, Robyn’s vocal is chopped and edited into a confused stammer before she resumes the song’s mantra: “I-I-I, I like to go out, wear something nice and push!”
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026
Caught, I stammer, trying to come up with some kind of explanation, because I know how bad this must look—but Mrs. McCracken’s face softens.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.