tongue-tied; tongue-tying; tongue-ties
: to deprive of speech or the power of distinct articulation
: a congenital defect characterized by limited mobility of the tongue due to a short frenulum
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John Hopewell, Variety, 18 Sep. 2024
Biden sometimes mumbled, got tongue-tied or lost his train of thought.
—Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 30 June 2024
When tongue-tie is thought to create breastfeeding difficulties, doctors can conduct a minor surgery called a frenotomy to snip the tissue and increase range of motion, though there has recently been some debate in pediatric medicine that this procedure is overprescribed.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2024
Routines would devolve into bickering, of an escalating volume, as Tom grew tongue-tied and irate in equal measure.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
The most jaded people in the world get very tongue-tied and really dumbfounded.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2023
Your professional expression may become tongue-tied when the moon opposes Mercury retrograde.
—USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
They are now largely remembered for encounters that left Mr. DeSantis angry or tongue-tied.
—Nicholas Nehamas, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
Today’s young people, in this telling, have ushered in the tyranny of the tongue-tied.
—Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 20 July 2023
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The writer is superb at penning comedy but tongue-tied in real life, unable to hold down a relationship and now expecting his third child from a third different partner.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 18 Sep. 2024
Biden sometimes mumbled, got tongue-tied or lost his train of thought.
—Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 30 June 2024
When tongue-tie is thought to create breastfeeding difficulties, doctors can conduct a minor surgery called a frenotomy to snip the tissue and increase range of motion, though there has recently been some debate in pediatric medicine that this procedure is overprescribed.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2024
Routines would devolve into bickering, of an escalating volume, as Tom grew tongue-tied and irate in equal measure.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
The most jaded people in the world get very tongue-tied and really dumbfounded.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2023
Your professional expression may become tongue-tied when the moon opposes Mercury retrograde.
—USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
They are now largely remembered for encounters that left Mr. DeSantis angry or tongue-tied.
—Nicholas Nehamas, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
Today’s young people, in this telling, have ushered in the tyranny of the tongue-tied.
—Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 20 July 2023
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