stammer
verb (used without object)
to speak with involuntary breaks and pauses, or with spasmodic repetitions of syllables or sounds.
are stammering
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present progressiveof stammer.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Before the premiere, they were chauffeured around in festival-sponsored BMWs and now their friends are stammering how much they like their shoes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2025
But we are then deceived, we are stammering, we do not understand ourselves.
From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Victor Cousin
Come, Day, what is it you are stammering about?
From Miss Arnott's Marriage by Richard Marsh
