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

Offstage, he was a doddering, stammering dad shuffling around rooms bustling with yapping tiny dogs urinating everywhere.

From Salon • Jul. 24, 2025

That can include difficulties with learning new words, understanding non-verbal cues or stammering during speech.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2025

“Yes, Ma,” he said, hoping that she would realize, despite his stammering tongue, the depth of his passion to please her.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin