stammer
verb (used without object)
to speak with involuntary breaks and pauses, or with spasmodic repetitions of syllables or sounds.
was stammering
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past progressiveof stammer.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“Four years ago, I was stammering a little bit,” Wilson said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2016
Russell had long sought help with sleep troubles and was stammering and crying for help in the days before the shooting.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2013
I tried to explain leaky gut, but I’m sure I was stammering and blushing.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2013
Half an hour later, when Pilot Chandler, apparently uninjured, was stammering furiously at local post office authorities in an effort to make them understand what to do with the mail bags, he suddenly fainted.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ranofer was stammering with the force of his wanting to go.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
