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

Joe Dilling, a physiotherapy technical instructor from St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, has had a stammer since he was six-years-old.

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

Musharaf Asghar, a former pupil at Thornhill Community Academy in Dewsbury, became famous after a segment in which teacher Matthew Burton helped him overcome a stammer to recite a poem.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2025

‘I – I just wanted to ask you something,’ I stammer.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler