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
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
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
Maybe Mrs. de Roo suggested I read this to make me feel luckier than Ann despite my stammer.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.