stammering

Example Sentences

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Frazier’s natural skill as an “Entertainment Tonight” host helped smooth the transitions to Malkin’s stammering and distracting voice, but their worthless gushing detracted from the moment.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2026

After one of his sketches, the actual Sid Caesar might ever so briefly, in a stammering voice, appear before a commercial break to say: “We’ll be right back.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Meanwhile, the resentful girl struggles to label Tim’s role, stammering to Jamie that she lives with, “my partner, my Tim, my boy-partner Tim.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2025

A leading charity said there was an "ignorance around stammering" which can "result in a range of responses from suspicion of lying, to laugher and ridicule".

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2025

I sat stunned, hand still reaching toward the pillow where the envelope had been, stammering, “I... I mean ... I wasn’t...”

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot