stammered; stammering
ˈsta-mə-riŋ 
ˈstam-riŋ
: to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter
: to utter with involuntary stops or repetitions
stammer
noun
Examples of stammer in a Sentence
“I d-don't know what you're talking about!” she stammered.
He stammered an excuse and fled.
Recent Examples on the Web
The paramedics stammered, thinking they were being scolded for being too close.
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 1 July 2024
But after the president repeatedly stammered and trailed off during debate responses, television networks reported Democratic operatives were worried about Biden’s ability to successfully campaign.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacramento Bee, 28 June 2024
At another moment, Biden stammered through a response about southern border security.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 June 2024
Biden, 81, appeared hesitant and stammered in some of his answers, his eyes cast downward as Trump castigated him.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
In this episode, MVP goes to Leer Leary, whose Davey awkwardly stammers his way through apologies for not voting for Woody or Reg.
—Jack King, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
In the classic 1960 movie, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring a twittering, stammering Anthony Perkins, Norman is a psychotic, murderer man-child zealously guarding a secret: he’s murdered his mother and stashed her mummified corpse in the basement.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
Otherwise, the couple’s awkward, stammering meet-cute is pure Woody Allen.
—Armond White, National Review, 5 Apr. 2024
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a stammering bachelor professor of mathematics at Oxford University, was a gifted amateur exponent of the fledgling art of photography and a man of profound religious beliefs and bounding imagination.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2024
Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 1 July 2024
But after the president repeatedly stammered and trailed off during debate responses, television networks reported Democratic operatives were worried about Biden’s ability to successfully campaign.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacramento Bee, 28 June 2024
At another moment, Biden stammered through a response about southern border security.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 June 2024
Biden, 81, appeared hesitant and stammered in some of his answers, his eyes cast downward as Trump castigated him.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
In this episode, MVP goes to Leer Leary, whose Davey awkwardly stammers his way through apologies for not voting for Woody or Reg.
—Jack King, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
In the classic 1960 movie, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring a twittering, stammering Anthony Perkins, Norman is a psychotic, murderer man-child zealously guarding a secret: he’s murdered his mother and stashed her mummified corpse in the basement.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
Otherwise, the couple’s awkward, stammering meet-cute is pure Woody Allen.
—Armond White, National Review, 5 Apr. 2024
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a stammering bachelor professor of mathematics at Oxford University, was a gifted amateur exponent of the fledgling art of photography and a man of profound religious beliefs and bounding imagination.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2024
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“Stammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stammer. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
Copy CitationMedical Definition
stammer
2 of 2 noun1
: an act or instance of stammering
2
: the habitual tendency to stammer
a severe stammer
: stammering sense 2
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