stammer

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

The hairdresser doesn't feel her game was impacted by her stammer as the other contestants would be patient and allow her to speak her mind.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

For people like Hayley Rawlings, from Newport, who has had a stammer since she was four, this is a familiar feeling.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

After an intentionally pregnant pause, Robyn’s vocal is chopped and edited into a confused stammer before she resumes the song’s mantra: “I-I-I, I like to go out, wear something nice and push!”

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026

She says, askingly, "We thought Neutral Milk Hotel was playing?" and I look down and say, "Me—" I stammer for a second, and then say "too. I'm here for them, too."

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan