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
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
I floundered for a killer put-down line without any stammer words in it.
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
In interviews, she openly admitted to feeling inadequate in her signature halting, circular stammers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025
“I … I … I can’t ….go to work,” one stammers in German.
From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024
"I'm—I'm—" Claudine stammers out, a deep blush climbing through her entire body.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
I stammered inane commentary as my eyes tried to refocus.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025
“Tim, I'm focused on the future,” Vance stammered before an ineffective attempt to deflect.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2024
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
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
“They took him in there,” I stammered, and pointed to the room where Stick was.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
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
The stammering from the first date became full-blown speechlessness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 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
Offstage, he was a doddering, stammering dad shuffling around rooms bustling with yapping tiny dogs urinating everywhere.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2025
“Yes, Ma,” he said, hoping that she would realize, despite his stammering tongue, the depth of his passion to please her.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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