tongue-tie
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
Fiona and Ben were told by a midwife that they would be better off getting tongue-tie surgery, also known as a lingual frenotomy, privately, as there would be a long wait on the NHS.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
