stammered
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“Well, we really need to look at that,” Bass stammered before asking Raman if she was “getting ready to resign” from them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
I stammered inane commentary as my eyes tried to refocus.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025
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
And Wang Lung stammered and muttered, and would have spoken, but when he took his pipe from his mouth, no sound came, and he stared at his son.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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