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

Hayley, 34, said Jessie being good at the game and her stammer not being the focus gave people "something to relate to".

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

Musharaf Asghar, a former pupil at Thornhill Community Academy in Dewsbury, became famous after a segment in which teacher Matthew Burton helped him overcome a stammer to recite a poem.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2025

Yanna was starting to stammer, but she took a deep breath and continued.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin