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tongue-tied

adjective as in unable to speak

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Romy and Samuel have safe words, yet our own national conversation about sexual ethics gets tongue-tied whenever it tries to define right and wrong.

Make it five minutes,” the software would, in theory, be able to figure out what the tongue-tied person meant to say.

Giamatti watchers may have a hard time imagining the actor tongue-tied.

Speech production is a complex neural phenomenon that has left researchers explaining it tongue-tied.

“And not just Boyle Heights, but the whole district. It’s a pot of mixtures ...” she continued, then stopped, tongue-tied.

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