stammer

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times

At this the man blushed and stammered so much, he could barely find the key to the royal suite, but at last he did.

From Literature

“But—but I did not even receive the notes,” Penelope stammered.

From Literature

“I—I cannot say, my lady,” Penelope stammered.

From Literature

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