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
Jessie says she has received messages from others with a stammer who have said the representation has helped them feel seen.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 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
Taran was so taken aback that he began to stammer.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
"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 know what it means to be cold and hungry,” Hackman stammers as his Harold the blind man ushers Peter Boyle’s monster into his shack.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025
“I … I … I can’t ….go to work,” one stammers in German.
From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024
Matt realizes that they have tricked him again and the laugh-ter makes him mad and when he gets mad he stammers.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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
“I don’t want to be in it,” he stammered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 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
“I-I’m not really dressed for fishing,” I stammered.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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
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
That’s why, despite all of our biological programming and lived experience, a random question or interaction with a child will sometimes knock you on your back and leave you stammering.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2025
The humanity Stamp imbued in the tragic, stammering naval vessel crewman established Stamp as a talent to watch — with a Golden Globe Award for best male newcomer to prove it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2025
“Oh, well, actually, it’s not her cells being put into people’s eyes,” I said, stammering.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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