stammer
verb (used without object)
to speak with involuntary breaks and pauses, or with spasmodic repetitions of syllables or sounds.
stammering
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present participleof stammer.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
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a word derived from
stammer.
stammerverb (used without object)to speak with involuntary breaks and pauses, or with spasmodic repetitions of syllables or sounds.
Example Sentences
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Frazier’s natural skill as an “Entertainment Tonight” host helped smooth the transitions to Malkin’s stammering and distracting voice, but their worthless gushing detracted from the moment.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2026
The stammering from the first date became full-blown speechlessness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026
After one of his sketches, the actual Sid Caesar might ever so briefly, in a stammering voice, appear before a commercial break to say: “We’ll be right back.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
A leading charity said there was an "ignorance around stammering" which can "result in a range of responses from suspicion of lying, to laugher and ridicule".
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2025
In addition to four trolls who looked like very small and hairy human beings, thirteen little glass men and women climbed into Elinor’s buses—and so did Darius, the unhappy stammering reader.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
