tongue-tied

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2024

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

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2024

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

From Science Daily • Oct. 11, 2023

“There wasn’t …” It was the first time I’d ever seen Harry tongue-tied.

From Slate • May 27, 2023

I thought talking might come easier for us up here, where there's more to see, but I'm still tongue-tied and Mabel is still silent.

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour