stammer

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

BBC Traitors star Jessie Stride says helping to raise awareness for those with a stammer "means more than any prize money".

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026

"I feel like having a stammer makes you a good listener and it kind of helps me to be able to just watch a little bit more," she says.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026

I stammer there, open it, and there in front of me is the guy who jumped my cab.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

While Erika decries “retro sex negativity,” Elliot stammers, “My peers have not been well-served growing up in a time where nothing feels safe or OK.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

As someone who stammers occasionally, she found it less intimidating than a human.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 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

“What? What are you talking about?” he stammers as he scrambles out to face me.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

I stammered inane commentary as my eyes tried to refocus.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025

Often speaking in Tajik through a translator, he answered questions about his biography quietly and stammered, according to Mediazona.

From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2024

Then, after he thanked his family, his co-workers, and HBO, the internet’s favorite bachelor daddy stammered, “I’m going to have a panic attack and I’m going to leave.”

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2024

He looked away, stammered and mumbled “I don’t know” before appearing to turn toward the person running the session for some help.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2023

“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

Do you enjoy squirming and stammering while Mr. Oldman gives you grief?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

But when they do, it’s like watching a magic trick play out before your eyes, leaving you so stunned you’re stammering, unable to utter even a single “How?”

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

Frazier’s natural skill as an “Entertainment Tonight” host helped smooth the transitions to Malkin’s stammering and distracting voice, but their worthless gushing detracted from the moment.

From Salon ● Jan. 12, 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

“It’s not...not. Nothing,” I said, stammering on my words like a stalling engine.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall