To say that a stammer is the cause of literary greatness would be a stretch. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
"The most enduring metaphor for me is that my stammer is a person," he said in an interview last year. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
"It wasn't got," he replied, in a kind of stammer; "an 'as to Sally, the nerra one o' me knows any thing about her, since she left this.". From Wordnik.com. [The Dead Boxer The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two] Reference
'I don't think the stammer is my main feature'. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-02-01] Reference
He rose to reply, but could only blush and stammer. From Wordnik.com. [George Washington] Reference
"I beg your pardon," he managed to stammer, at length. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound Or, The Proof on the Film] Reference
Jefferson nearly disgraced himself, but managed to stammer. From Wordnik.com. [A Dixie School Girl] Reference
She began to stammer, shrinking back against her companion. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Cross] Reference
"Why do you stammer so, Miss Rathmore?" asked the principal. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall] Reference
And before I could stammer a reply, Miss Darry exclaimed. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865] Reference
Governale was ever ill at a deception, and began to stammer. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
And again Mildred could only stammer a confused acquiescence. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Cross Girls with the Russian Army] Reference
Feeble voice! no longer stammer words which shame the panorama. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866] Reference
He pulled his front hair, and began to stammer something or other. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866] Reference
The shepherd could only stammer a reply, but after a while he said. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends] Reference
Teuton must mumble in it and Anglo-Saxon stammer or hold its peace. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
"Who -- who are you?" the black-clad figure found voice to stammer. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of Gold] Reference
They stammer, yet ask questions I'd never have the gall to vocalize. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Be Fooled By The Little Knit Cap] Reference
The sight which met his eyes caused the excellent man to stammer. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Anyone can misuse a word, but my voice is lost in a stammer of shame. From Wordnik.com. [Clair de Lune A Play in Two Acts and Six Scenes] Reference
He managed to stammer out a few words, though, in spite of his surprise. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of a Boy Reporter] Reference
I could only stammer as I stared at Paulette, "You -- you're not coming!". From Wordnik.com. [The La Chance Mine Mystery] Reference
“Hey … can I catch you in a second … I, umm, you know …” stammer. From Wordnik.com. [Faith in the Rest] Reference
I have never yet seen a man, woman or child who wanted to stammer or stutter. From Wordnik.com. [Stammering, Its Cause and Cure] Reference
The finest voice in the world is of no use if you stammer, and cannot use it. From Wordnik.com. [Stammering, Its Cause and Cure] Reference
There was nothing in the question to make me blush and stammer, yet I did both. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
Seeing him squirm, hedge and stammer always provided for me some wry satisfaction. From Wordnik.com. [French Vanilla Death - Seconda Parte] Reference
It was hard not to stammer or smirk, because if he had they all would have folded. From Wordnik.com. [True Lu] Reference
Yet being a boy he could only blush and stammer without words to voice his gratitude. From Wordnik.com. [The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World] Reference
The flunkey's red nose grew pale with astonishment and fear; yet he managed to stammer out. From Wordnik.com. [My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself.] Reference
"It's -- it's silly to be so scared, Frankie ..." he heard Nance stammer almost apologetically. From Wordnik.com. [The Planet Strappers] Reference
Another tinge of yellowness crept into her skin, her eyes grew wistful, and she began to stammer. From Wordnik.com. [An Australian Lassie] Reference
Then Barbara observed Mildred flush a beautiful, warm crimson, and stammer something in response. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Cross Girls with the Russian Army] Reference
Old Lindon began to stutter and stammer, and to grow red in the face, as is his wont when at all excited. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
I'm not going to pry or overstep the bounds of privacy, but I'm not just going to stand there and stammer. From Wordnik.com. [An English teacher learns how to deal with medicated students] Reference
I stammer a bit and drop my beer, too, letting them commingle until they soak through the carpet and the floor into our ceiling. From Wordnik.com. [Incidentally] Reference
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