tongue
Example Sentences
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Numbing spray dripped onto the back of my tongue, its bitter flavor making me want to gag.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
The result is that these Iranian characters, when talking among themselves in their native tongue, sound awfully like Americans having a conversation in the mall or at a nearby table at a restaurant.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
"There are so many people who have told me this child was bewitched. People magically tied his tongue so he could not speak," she says.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
“Offal wasn’t rationed during the war, and my mother resorted to the sort of food she’d eaten as a child: tripe and onions, brains, tongue and braised rabbit,” he told the Independent in 2009.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
But my tongue became a rock in my mouth.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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