stuttering

Example Sentences

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Policymakers have held rates steady for five consecutive meetings, monitoring falling inflation and a stuttering domestic economy, while highlighting their vigilance of global uncertainty.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Polestar shares have fallen 96% since listing, with the company hit by losses amid the stuttering uptake of electric vehicles and the increasingly competitive market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

These include the war in the Middle East, where millions of Nepalis find work, chronic unemployment and a stuttering economy within Nepal, and the RSP's lack of experience in office.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

AFP met Eric, from Togo, on the stairs while he was chatting -- in stuttering Russian -- with a Nigerian and Chinese inmate.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

He’d always had that effect on me, filling me with dizzying exhilaration one moment, then sending me into a nervous, stuttering panic the next.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros