“Give me some time to stammer, stutter and stumble my way through this.”

“Nerves were to the fore on opening night as the cast stuttered with their lines and generally put on a wooden performance in the first act.”

“She stuttered incorrigibly and had a sharp, nasal voice, which grated on Flanagan's nerves throughout the painful forty-five minutes.”

“Sometimes, in calm seas, when the outboard stuttered and needed coaxing with frequent plug de-oilings, Angus would row the boat.”