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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
stutter .
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Examples
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After the First World War, however, Arthur Sabin, one of the curators, began to focus on items that would interest children -- and the museum kind of stuttered on like this until the 1970s, when Roy Strong, director of the V&A, decided to officially dedicate the museum to childhood.
Culture Maxine 2009
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If you're wondering why this is, the New York Times says that it is because "street scenes can open up in flashes between stopped cars, creating a kind of stuttered approximation of film:"
Warming the Cockles: Living, Breathing, Shopping BikeSnobNYC 2010
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` ` He kind of stuttered and then he said: 'You were underneath him.'
USATODAY.com 2007
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My boss just kind of stuttered on the other end and changed the subject.
Friday frustration Sherrianne 2007
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My boss just kind of stuttered on the other end and changed the subject.
Archive 2007-05-01 Sherrianne 2007
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Sutton described what happened next: "He kind of stuttered and said, 'Well, I guess, if you really want me to.'"
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"We kind of stuttered and didn't finish drives like we wanted to," said sophomore running back
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"We kind of stuttered and didn't finish drives like we wanted to," said sophomore running back
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One moment everything is relatively smooth, but as soon the frame rate drops, the eye sees the change as a "stuttered" motion.
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One moment everything is relatively smooth, but as soon the frame rate drops, the eye sees the change as a "stuttered" motion.
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