stammered

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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

Then, after he thanked his family, his co-workers, and HBO, the internet’s favorite bachelor daddy stammered, “I’m going to have a panic attack and I’m going to leave.”

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2024

"He stammered and asked us not to misinterpret his intentions," she says.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2023

Members of the audience stammered in response and some shook their heads in video from the board meeting.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2023

‘I am afraid I am only in everybody’s way,’ he stammered; ‘but I should like to do anything I could, you know.’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien