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

It affects 8% of children and at least 1% of adults, according to stammer charity STAMMA, with some people not declaring it or realising they have one.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026

After an intentionally pregnant pause, Robyn’s vocal is chopped and edited into a confused stammer before she resumes the song’s mantra: “I-I-I, I like to go out, wear something nice and push!”

From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2026

“I don’t know, sir,” the chaplain answered diplomatically, with an uneasy stammer.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

“So I’m trying to like, I don’t know. Somebody who works out all the time and has a different type of, I don’t know,” he stammers.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026

"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

In interviews, she openly admitted to feeling inadequate in her signature halting, circular stammers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025

Dean Wilkins clears his throat, stammers for a second, and then says that yes, by all means, I am welcome to return and sit my exams.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

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

“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

Willie stammered because he was excited about whatever he was trying to say.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

I pride myself on being decisive, but at this moment I find myself stammering for an answer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

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

Before the premiere, they were chauffeured around in festival-sponsored BMWs and now their friends are stammering how much they like their shoes.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2025

A leading charity said there was an "ignorance around stammering" which can "result in a range of responses from suspicion of lying, to laugher and ridicule".

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2025

I sat stunned, hand still reaching toward the pillow where the envelope had been, stammering, “I... I mean ... I wasn’t...”

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot