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  • noun Plural form of stutterer.

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Examples

  • Fritz set up Ben with a website back when the only people who said “www” were stutterers.

    Parents Behaving Badly Scott Gummer 2011

  • While it's common for stutterers to be told to "Just take a deep breath and think about what they want to say and it will come out clearly," actually, they know exactly what they want to utter, it's just that they can't produce the right sounds in the right order.

    Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Understanding Stuttering M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011

  • Some stutterers thought Ken's character was merely cruel, others were quite tickled that a stutterer figured so prominently in such a widely-loved film.

    Michael Palin: Palin Opines on The King's Speech Michael Palin 2011

  • Some stutterers thought Ken's character was merely cruel, others were quite tickled that a stutterer figured so prominently in such a widely-loved film.

    Michael Palin: Palin Opines on The King's Speech Michael Palin 2011

  • Today there is every possibility that the lives of stutterers need not be forever blighted, as my father's life was, by the fear of failing to speak.

    Michael Palin: Palin Opines on The King's Speech Michael Palin 2011

  • With any other condition one would have expected that treatment would have been sought, diagnoses made and preventive options discussed, but in the 1950s and 1960s, stutterers suffered in silence.

    Michael Palin: Palin Opines on The King's Speech Michael Palin 2011

  • Though the actor must be gladdened by the praise his performance has elicited generally, he seems especially pleased by the positive response from stutterers.

    With Vulnerability and Fortitude David Mermelstein 2011

  • Fritz set up Ben with a website back when the only people who said “www” were stutterers.

    Parents Behaving Badly Scott Gummer 2011

  • Today there is every possibility that the lives of stutterers need not be forever blighted, as my father's life was, by the fear of failing to speak.

    Michael Palin: Palin Opines on The King's Speech Michael Palin 2011

  • With any other condition one would have expected that treatment would have been sought, diagnoses made and preventive options discussed, but in the 1950s and 1960s, stutterers suffered in silence.

    Michael Palin: Palin Opines on The King's Speech Michael Palin 2011

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