- present participle of stammer.
stammering
Example Sentences
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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
That’s why, despite all of our biological programming and lived experience, a random question or interaction with a child will sometimes knock you on your back and leave you stammering.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2025
That can include difficulties with learning new words, understanding non-verbal cues or stammering during speech.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2025
I said stammering, not meaning Tibe but Thessicher, whose betrayal was of a friend.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
