stutter

the child was stuttering in fright.

stutter (out) an apology

He was stuttering with rage.

he shyly stuttered out an invitation to the cinema.

her stutter caused the children to titter.

Those who stutter often receive speech therapy.

she flinched as a machine gun stuttered nearby.

Caught shoplifting, the culprit stuttered a few transparent lies.

stuttered a member of the latest dynasty, a king of the Skookum Benches."I offer you eight hundred for him, sir, before the test;