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
Jessie Stride, another contestant on this series of The Traitors, has a stammer and spoke on the show about struggling to pronounce her own name.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026
Ahead of entering the game, Jessie said having a stammer has helped her be "an authentic person" because she cannot hide it.
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
After he had cut but the light again I suddenly heard his stammer in my inward hearing—“Genry—” Even mindspeaking he never could say “l” properly.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing stammer
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