tongue-tied

Example Sentences

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You couldn’t be tongue-tied nor catch a case of lockjaw, or Tansy would give you an F. She was quick with her F’s.

From Literature

The invitation was so unexpected that I blinked at her, tongue-tied, then glanced at James.

From Literature

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

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

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

From New York Times