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Meanings of stammer out in English

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Usage of stammer out in English
1
His tongue was parched; it was difficult to stammer out a word.
Cobwebs and Cables
2
He tried to speak; but he could not stammer out a word.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 184...
3
I started to stammer out an explanation but he waved it aside.
The Name of the Wind
4
He tried to stammer out excuses and get away from the table.
Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. — Volume 7 / Being se...
5
It all seemed confusion, and at last she could only stammer out:
Susan / A Story for Children
6
But the accused could only stammer out that he was not guilty.
The Bride of the Nile — Volume 03
7
He seemed stupefied and not to understand, and could only stammer out:
Original Short Stories — Volume 05
8
She longed to yield, to stammer out some excuse and obey him.
The Price She Paid
9
He began to stammer out something like gentleness, and something like reproof.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 12,...
10
Madame de Mortemart, with flaming visage, sought to stammer out her reproaches.
Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 4
11
Between gasps Luther tried to stammer out his tale to Mrs. Corey.
The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
12
Dunk tried to stammer out thanks, but Prince Maekar cut him off.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
13
And what possessed the man to stammer out something about his mother?
Men in War
14
The woman tried to stammer out something, but did not make herself understood.
Cast Adrift
15
When he had finished he began to stammer out his thanks.
Frances Waldeaux: A Novel
16
He tried to stammer out his catalogue of infamies, but failed.
Septimus
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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