stammer

Hansen would then make a dramatic entrance and interrogate the men, who would often stammer and bumble through the encounter before leaving.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

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

From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026

It affects 8% of children and at least 1% of adults, according to stammer charity STAMMA, with some people not declaring it or realising they have one.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 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

I started to stammer out an explanation but he waved it aside.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

As someone who stammers occasionally, she found it less intimidating than a human.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026

Britt stammers in response: “I don’t always—you know, yes, I cook Sunday nights for dinner, but I was about to say, I don’t always crush it.”

From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2025

“I know what it means to be cold and hungry,” Hackman stammers as his Harold the blind man ushers Peter Boyle’s monster into his shack.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025

“I … I … I can’t ….go to work,” one stammers in German.

From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024

That expression of his used to terrify me into stammers.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

“I don’t think the American people are watching and thinking any of these people won,” Watters stammered out.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2024

Often speaking in Tajik through a translator, he answered questions about his biography quietly and stammered, according to Mediazona.

From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2024

Then, after he thanked his family, his co-workers, and HBO, the internet’s favorite bachelor daddy stammered, “I’m going to have a panic attack and I’m going to leave.”

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2024

"He stammered and asked us not to misinterpret his intentions," she says.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2023

“I—if...Then I’ll take my leave,” he stammered, and bowed.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

I pride myself on being decisive, but at this moment I find myself stammering for an answer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Smith, as you might expect, was confused by this line of questioning, stammering that he didn’t recall attending any Hawks games.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

The stammering from the first date became full-blown speechlessness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026

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

Most people think stammering and stuttering are the same but they're as different as diarrhea and constipation.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell