stammer

Example Sentences

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But this stammering, rather dull chap doesn’t come across as a genius.

From Los Angeles Times

"So, I mean, woke is sort of the idea that, um..." she stammered before admitting it "is something that's very hard to define," and then failing utterly to get close.

From Salon

Strathairn plays Tom less like a stoic Atticus Finch and more like stammering Jimmy Stewart.

From Salon

After six long seconds spent mostly blinking his eyes, he stammered, “Uh … I’m happy to take more specific questions.”

From Los Angeles Times

The actors are listening, too, wearing earpieces that feed them the audio of the interview, whose words they speak with the original stammers and hesitations.

From New York Times