as in to stutter
to speak with many pauses and repetitions
He stammers when he's nervous.
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Recent Examples of stammer
Already the leaders of Europe are stammering out platitudes meant to avoid Trump’s wrath.
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Elie Mystal,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
The fountain stammers and falls, motion-activated, playing to the crowd.
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Karl Kirchwey,
The New York Review of Books,
13 Nov. 2025
Valentina tells Carol, who then stammers over her own words.
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Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Sep. 2025
Probst glides through his dialogue for the day in a single take, without stopping or even stammering.
—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Elie Mystal,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
The fountain stammers and falls, motion-activated, playing to the crowd.
—
Karl Kirchwey,
The New York Review of Books,
13 Nov. 2025
Valentina tells Carol, who then stammers over her own words.
—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Sep. 2025
Probst glides through his dialogue for the day in a single take, without stopping or even stammering.
—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
See All Example Sentences for stammer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stammer
stutter
Verb
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Bill stutters an affirmative response that captures every man who has held out irrational hope that a woman will return to him.
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The real estate market, and all the jobs wound up in it, would stutter.
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“Stammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stammer. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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