stammer

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Recent Examples of stammer After stammering for a moment, Boone raised his hands. Chris Kirschner, The Athletic, 24 July 2024 Louis storms off after these revelations, and Armand, furious and terrified, follows him out of the room, stammering excuses. Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 30 June 2024 The Democrat still seems a bit unsettled to my eye — pausing, occasionally stammering over his words, peering down, scribbling notes. Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024 Leonard modulates her tones to capture the many other characters, including the subtly stammering Claudius, and does it so deftly that there is no confusion about who is speaking when. Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post, 18 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for stammer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stammer
stutter
Verb
  • But the overwhelming perception for the past two years has been that Watkins is in the ascendency and Rashford is stuttering.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Even as Liverpool have spluttered and stuttered, Mikel Arteta’s side have doggedly refused to take advantage, declining to ignite the thing as a contest.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025

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“Stammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stammer. Accessed 15 May. 2025.

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