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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

The late Queen's speech to both houses of Congress in 1991 was the first because her father George VI in 1939 had refused to make a speech, worrying about how his stammer might be perceived.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

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

From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026

Jessie says she has received messages from others with a stammer who have said the representation has helped them feel seen.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026

The student who is not a girl and the professor who is not a man are considered strange; the first has an unfortunate skin condition, the second a nervous stammer.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

While Erika decries “retro sex negativity,” Elliot stammers, “My peers have not been well-served growing up in a time where nothing feels safe or OK.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

“So I’m trying to like, I don’t know. Somebody who works out all the time and has a different type of, I don’t know,” he stammers.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026

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

My sister raises one perfectly plucked eyebrow while Andre stammers.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

“Tim, I'm focused on the future,” Vance stammered before an ineffective attempt to deflect.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2024

“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

Shorett stammered, saying “I’m sorry, yes. I’m sorry. I’m sorry, that should not have happened, and I don’t know how it did.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2023

Willie stammered because he was excited about whatever he was trying to say.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

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

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 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

In addition to four trolls who looked like very small and hairy human beings, thirteen little glass men and women climbed into Elinor’s buses—and so did Darius, the unhappy stammering reader.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke