stammer
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Word after word, verse after verse, she joined in, Mama who could not speak four words, singing the beautiful lines without a stammer.
From Literature
![]()
“Russell and I . . . Yes, we were . . . dating,” I stammered, flustered again at the wrong-sounding word.
From Literature
![]()
My face flushed with embarrassment, but I couldn’t seem to stammer out an apology.
From Literature
![]()
“So I’m trying to like, I don’t know. Somebody who works out all the time and has a different type of, I don’t know,” he stammers.
From Salon
‘I – I just wanted to ask you something,’ I stammer.
From Literature
![]()
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.