tongue-tied
Example Sentences
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Even when she became tongue-tied and had to laugh her way out of it, her slips became endearing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Yet, that she made it at all makes every frame feel personal, and you hear her affection for the cadence of her occasionally tongue-tied subjects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025
During our studio visit, Bradford turned uncharacteristically tongue-tied when he tried to articulate the sculpture’s relationship to that period.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
Even on the first day of his exploratory committee launch, this tension left him tongue-tied.
From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2023
I’d thought so many times what I’d say when I finally saw her again, but now I was tongue-tied and embarrassed.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
