stammering 1 of 2

present participle of stammer

stammering

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of stammering
Verb
Even characters like Lauren Domingue — sweet, stammering, fearful Lauren, who is not boring, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise! Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025 The stammering old man is trying to be a Tamburlaine. Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stammering
Verb
  • The Lions fall to 4-2 with the defeat while the Chiefs continue to correct their stuttering start to the year by improving to 3-3.
    Ben Morse, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
  • His good form last season coincided with a long injury-free run, so a stuttering start to this campaign is unfortunate.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The character in question, Charlie Saxton's Damon Drecker, had a remarkably similar haircut to Samberg's mumbling rapper.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Oct. 2025
  • During the video, the person can be heard mumbling and breathing heavily.
    Claudia Lauer, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Ingberg, 23, drove the sputtering car to Akeley, dropped it off at a mechanic and hopped in Hansen’s squad car for a ride back to his home in Wadena.
    Alex Haddon, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Then Waller held forth on the economy and the sputtering labor market.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Waller, a key voice on the Fed’s policy-setting committee, made clear his current outlook is dominated by concerns about a faltering labor market.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Subsequent congressional investigations, post-campaign books, and news stories have only hardened public opinion that, with his mental acuity faltering and physical stamina limited, Biden should have stepped aside after a single term.
    David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Fashionistas have been swapping their skinny jeans for this roomier, more relaxed fit, but even the most trend-savvy shoppers are still hesitant to try the polarizing silhouette for themselves.
    Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The industry may have been hesitant about a rising star who operated in two languages, but her fans weren’t.
    Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • If Max goes down because an update is buggy, servers break, or someone launches a cyberattack, the app could be offline for some period—in this case, potentially halting millions of bank payments, messages, and identity-verification attempts through the app.
    Justin Sherman, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2025
  • As the halting demonstration of towel folding during TIME’s August visit showed, the challenges remain very real.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Like Muscle Man, Mixtape follows a self-important, inarticulate mediocrity on the fringe of a minor American metropolis.
    Robert Rubsam, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Hank’s friends – conspiracy theorist Dale, military barber Bill, and cool but inarticulate Boomhauer, along with Peggy’s friends Minh and meteorologist Nancy, and Bobby’s friend Connie helped the Hills navigate a changing world.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025

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“Stammering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stammering. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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