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
The stammering old man is trying to be a Tamburlaine.
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Thiel stared ahead blankly and began stammering, as if his brain were buffering.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 10 July 2025
History of hurricane names A tall, stammering meteorologist arrived at the 19th-century lecture hall with his papers falling around him.
—Tom Brown, Space.com, 29 June 2025
Sherman portrayed the youngest of three brothers, the shy, stammering logger Jeremy Bolt, on the 1968-70 Screen Gems/ABC show.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2025
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Thiel stared ahead blankly and began stammering, as if his brain were buffering.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 10 July 2025
History of hurricane names A tall, stammering meteorologist arrived at the 19th-century lecture hall with his papers falling around him.
—Tom Brown, Space.com, 29 June 2025
Sherman portrayed the youngest of three brothers, the shy, stammering logger Jeremy Bolt, on the 1968-70 Screen Gems/ABC show.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for stammer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stammer
stutter
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There are echoes of those campaigns this term; Arsenal led the standings for the majority of those seasons and is stuttering.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2026
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When Curtis bluntly asked if the actor wants to win the Oscar, Chalamet stuttered and spoke slowly. Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our EW Dispatch newsletter.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Stammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stammer. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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