stammer
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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
Now, Gellar has made a more ceremonious return, albeit with a frustrating stop-and-start stammer.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026
The 28-year-old tells BBC Newsbeat she is "on a high" after being the first contestant to have a stammer.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 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
Maybe Mrs. de Roo suggested I read this to make me feel luckier than Ann despite my stammer.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
Hayley said people with stammers were often mocked or villainised in the media and sometimes portrayed as having them as a result of trauma.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 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
“I … I … I can’t ….go to work,” one stammers in German.
From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024
Ray Fisher incarnates, with natural majesty, the brawn and bravado of Muhammad Ali; Edwin Lee Gibson shambles and stammers as Stepin Fetchit while retaining the dignity of a canny survivor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
“What? What are you talking about?” he stammers as he scrambles out to face me.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
“Well, we really need to look at that,” Bass stammered before asking Raman if she was “getting ready to resign” from them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
The clip showed influencer Jessie Yendle struggling to pronounce a sound as she stammered, before the repetition transitioned into the start of a popular TikTok dance track playing over footage of striker Serhou Guirassy.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025
“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
“Russell and I . . . Yes, we were . . . dating,” I stammered, flustered again at the wrong-sounding word.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
I pride myself on being decisive, but at this moment I find myself stammering for an answer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
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 this stammering, rather dull chap doesn’t come across as a genius.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
Offstage, he was a doddering, stammering dad shuffling around rooms bustling with yapping tiny dogs urinating everywhere.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2025
Behind it, I heard a stammering, reedy voice shout, “LEEE-DUH-VIGH!”
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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