tongue

Example Sentences

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Somewhere along the line, she also became extremely adept at writing in English, as her novels are not written in her native tongue.

From Los Angeles Times

The Kenyan's work spanned six decades and two languages - first English, and then his mother tongue, Kikuyu.

From BBC

Bite into a Maldivian Scotch Bonnet, and you’ll start to feel your tongue get numb, your forehead sweat and your brain crave a glass of milk.

From Salon

She went ahead with the treatment and had an operation to remove half of her tongue, making speech very difficult.

From BBC

He dropped his English name, James, and resolved to write only in the language of the Kikuyu people, his mother tongue.

From The Wall Street Journal