Even that mere hesitation in speech, know as stammering, he deems.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Simian World] Reference

Nothing is quite so disconcerting as the idea of stammering or stopping short.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poise: How to Attain It] Reference

Even that mere hesitation in speech, known as stammering, he deems a misfortune.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Simian World] Reference

Also, I love Kristen Stewart, but I'll have to agree, her stammering was a bit much.    From Wordnik.com.  [Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] Reference

My conviction that I shall never get over my stammering is the cause; all professions are barred against me.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2 (of 3), 1857-1870] Reference

The reviewer is in favor of employing the terms "stammering" and "stuttering" synonymously, as is the practice in England and America.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Journal of Abnormal Psychology] Reference

'It is a play,' said Paul, blushing and stammering.    From Wordnik.com.  [Despair's Last Journey] Reference

This time around, there was no sputtering or stammering.    From Wordnik.com.  [Do We Need To Go There Again?] Reference

The little fellow broke into a stammering torrent of Gaelic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference

The stammering tongue had plundered Father Prout and the prophet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile] Reference

That yellow-visaged man jumped up from behind his desk, stammering.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sacrifice] Reference

"It is not droll at all," said Gilian stammering, very much put out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference

It was as if the stammering boy had judged, that of all the people in.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Airplane Boys among the Clouds or, Young Aviators in a Wreck] Reference

She eagerly accepted my stammering invitation to come in and be seated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference

There is much stammering and "looks" and "here's the things" Good ol 'slangy Blair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tony Blair interviewed by Katie Couric - live] Reference

"I would -- I would like it fine," said Gilian stammering, "if it was all like that.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference

I start stammering an apology about the little golden dog, and Myra chokes back a sob.    From Wordnik.com.  [Myra's Accident] Reference

Alice continued in a stammering way to tell Paul why she could not accept his proposal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference

He had then, the defects of lisping and stammering which we, often turned into ridicule.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Priest, The Woman And The Confessional] Reference

At the time I was healed of my other bodily afflictions, I was also relieved of stammering.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trials and Triumphs of Faith] Reference

"I-- I'm going your way," he said, a trace of his recent disorder in his stammering speech.    From Wordnik.com.  [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference

He was usually a ready-witted man, but now he found himself stammering almost incoherently.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Grell Mystery] Reference

Tessie, having found her tongue after a few moments of mute stammering, cut Sam off furiously.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Jewish Goodbye] Reference

The colour came and went from De Ganache's sunburnt face as, stammering his thanks, he mounted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Orrain A Romance] Reference

"Oh, g-girls, it's lovelier even than we pictured it!" cried Laura, stammering in her eagerness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall or, Leading a Needed Rebellion] Reference

The Master said, Only to those fumbling do I open, only for those stammering do I find the word.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sayings Of Confucius] Reference

But here we are in Iraq, where the stammering, inadequate TV response is the truth on the ground.    From Wordnik.com.  [TUNING OUT, BUT TAKING SIDES] Reference

The question was so direct and without warning that Alfred dropped his gaze and began stammering.    From Wordnik.com.  [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference

The British/Australian film is a critically acclaimed portrait of a stammering monarch preparing for war.    From Wordnik.com.  ['The King's Speech' Wins Oscar-Predicting Toronto Film Festival] Reference

"Th-that's the way I feel," said Betty, her eyes shining and her cheeks flushed, stammering in her eagerness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys] Reference

At last, turning to the queen, who was just as horror-struck as himself, he said, gasping, staring, and stammering.    From Wordnik.com.  [Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers] Reference

Factor of the post, he had made of himself a stammering youth, all for sake of the compelling beauty of a woman's eyes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference

"Lord, I am not talented; my education is so meagre; there is no one to go with me; and, besides, I have a stammering tongue.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Trials and Triumphs of Faith] Reference

They're all caught stuttering and stammering when asked why there are no policies on where and how professors draw outside income.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hiding, Harboring, Hoarding at Harvard] Reference

But you, O rapturous delights, languishing smiles, and first caressing, stammering utterance of love, you who can be seen, who are you?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

She was so surprised at the soft, sad tone of his voice, that she replied, stammering with embarrassment, "And worthy of you also, I hope.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference