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  • Soaped, napkined and generally extinguished, I could only stammer,

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 Various

  • And the Pilot, who is an old hand and has learned a lot of things in the air that mere earth-dwellers know nothing about, distinctly heard the Pitot Tube, whose mouth is open to the air to receive its pressure, stammer,

    The Aeroplane Speaks Fifth Edition 1919

  • Rachel rose, looked vaguely into Helen's face, and remarked with her slight stammer,

    The Voyage Out 1915

  • The hand which clutched Richard's shoulder was shaking as violently as it had the day the old rifle gave up its secret, and Richard, feeling the same unnamable terror he had felt in his nightmare, could only stammer,

    Georgina of the Rainbows 1897

  • The silence and air of expectation which pervaded the room was so tense that everybody jumped when George mustered up courage at last to stammer,

    Continuous Vaudeville Hal [Illustrator] Merrit 1896

  • He led the way, turning on more light in the adjoining room as he went; and, outdistancing the others, they heard him stammer,

    The Second Latchkey 1889

  • Snape rose from his desk in one fluid movement, causing his student to step back quickly and stammer,

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2009

  • Spencer Selby, Thomas Fink, Thomas Fink & Maya Diablo Mason, Cara Benson, harry k stammer,

    Growing Nation 2008

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