stammering

Example Sentences

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But this stammering, rather dull chap doesn’t come across as a genius.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

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

That’s why, despite all of our biological programming and lived experience, a random question or interaction with a child will sometimes knock you on your back and leave you stammering.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2025

Then we return to Clay stammering: “I thought you wanted one? No?”

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024

Red-faced boys appeared at my desk, stammering, “Y-y-you dropped your eraser.”

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides