stammered
Example Sentences
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“Well, we really need to look at that,” Bass stammered before asking Raman if she was “getting ready to resign” from them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
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
“M-my Lord,” stammered the goblin, its black eyes wide with terror, “m-my Lord...we t-tried t-to st-stop them....Im-impostors, my Lord...broke—broke into the—into the Lestranges’ v-vault....”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
