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
Even on the first day of his exploratory committee launch, this tension left him tongue-tied.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2023
Tanu was tongue-tied, but I could still remember my nights on the street and the man who had tried to take me away, and I told the rich lady about those things.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
