stammer
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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
Ahead of entering the game, Jessie said having a stammer has helped her be "an authentic person" because she cannot hide it.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 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
I stammer for a moment, for I have no real explanation.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
Hayley said people with stammers were often mocked or villainised in the media and sometimes portrayed as having them as a result of trauma.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 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
In interviews, she openly admitted to feeling inadequate in her signature halting, circular stammers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025
“I … I … I can’t ….go to work,” one stammers in German.
From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024
Something falls to the floor on his end and he stammers the beginning of three different answers.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
I stammered inane commentary as my eyes tried to refocus.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025
“Tim, I'm focused on the future,” Vance stammered before an ineffective attempt to deflect.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 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
"He stammered and asked us not to misinterpret his intentions," she says.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2023
“But it’s your friend!” the boy had stammered defiantly.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
But when they do, it’s like watching a magic trick play out before your eyes, leaving you so stunned you’re stammering, unable to utter even a single “How?”
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
After one of his sketches, the actual Sid Caesar might ever so briefly, in a stammering voice, appear before a commercial break to say: “We’ll be right back.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Meanwhile, the resentful girl struggles to label Tim’s role, stammering to Jamie that she lives with, “my partner, my Tim, my boy-partner Tim.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025
That can include difficulties with learning new words, understanding non-verbal cues or stammering during speech.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2025
“You don’t want to do that, sir,” Polly said, stammering a little.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
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