stammer

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times

"So, I mean, woke is sort of the idea that, um..." she stammered before admitting it "is something that's very hard to define," and then failing utterly to get close.

From Salon

Mei, who has locked herself in the bathroom, having “panda-ed” for the first time, can only stammer in response.

From New York Times

In just two seasons, Braun has slid seamlessly and un-self-consciously into Greg’s blundering fish-out-of-water rhythms, whether he is excusing the mispronunciation of his own name or stammering his way through a U.S.

From New York Times

“But no one’s being killed right now,” he stammered before wrapping his knuckles on the small wooden table White House staffers had provided him.

From Washington Times