as in stutters
to speak with many pauses and repetitions
He stammers when he's nervous.
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Recent Examples of stammers
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.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stammers
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Surprising melodic choices ride a chameleonic song structure that stutters and shrieks, bounces and raves with a fresh mix of Big Beat, UKG, breakbeats, and electro-pop sounds.—
Kat Bein,
SPIN,
21 May 2026
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My heart and probably yours stutters.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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Both look over at me and then Lumet mumbles something and the conversation abruptly ends.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, everyone is still running around like the Keystone Kops chasing Billie, passing an old lady in a bed eating Jell-O who mumbles something in Diné.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Stammers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stammers. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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