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

For people like Hayley Rawlings, from Newport, who has had a stammer since she was four, this is a familiar feeling.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026

I stammer out a barely audible, “Sí, señor,” too scared at the moment to be able to speak in a second language.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

"I've had lots of people with stammers reach out, which is just really nice," says Jessie.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 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

Something falls to the floor on his end and he stammers the beginning of three different answers.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

He stammered through hastily filmed videos asking for small-dollar donations as his campaign sought to convert the new interest around him into donors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 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

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

“P-Peeves?” stammered Filch as though he had never heard the name before.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

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

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025

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

When she had finished she waited, as though for a reply, and I remember blushing scarlet, stammering some sort of thanks in return, and dropping both my gloves in my confusion.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier