tongue-tied

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Titled Shy, it describes how Rapp became tongue-tied around the British musician when they toured together in 2023.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2025

Still others remained tongue-tied about the “quandary” at hand, as Florida Sen. Marco Rubio put it.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2024

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

From Science Daily • Oct. 11, 2023

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

Meggie suspected she was secretly toying with the idea of getting Darius to read aloud again, now that Capricorn’s malevolent presence no longer left him tongue-tied.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke