stammer

Example Sentences

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Now, Gellar has made a more ceremonious return, albeit with a frustrating stop-and-start stammer.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

"I feel like having a stammer makes you a good listener and it kind of helps me to be able to just watch a little bit more," she says.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

The hairdresser doesn't feel her game was impacted by her stammer as the other contestants would be patient and allow her to speak her mind.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

Joe Dilling, a physiotherapy technical instructor from St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, has had a stammer since he was six-years-old.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

“In English. I didn’t—” I tested the word “know” a couple of times but saw I was going to stammer spastically on it.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell