Felt tongue-tied with embarrassment. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
We say that a child is "tongue-tied," and that one. From Wordnik.com. [The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day] Reference
Craven stood beside her miserable and tongue-tied. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the East] Reference
Next time you're tongue-tied, then, try hand-waving. From Wordnik.com. [Living Hand To Mouth] Reference
I tried again to speak, but found myself tongue-tied. From Wordnik.com. [Real Ghost Stories] Reference
(Soundbite of laughter) Mr. PROPHET: I'm tongue-tied. From Wordnik.com. [Chuck Prophet's Songs of 'Soap and Water'] Reference
A gentleman is tongue-tied when he does not understand. From Wordnik.com. [The Sayings Of Confucius] Reference
Why, lawsy me! if he was tongue-tied an 'speechless, an'. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails] Reference
Don't worry, a tutor offers hints if you get tongue-tied. From Wordnik.com. [Speaking Their Language] Reference
Somehow she felt curiously shy and tongue-tied with this man. From Wordnik.com. [The Vision of Desire] Reference
Joe was so tongue-tied that his sisters thought him slow-witted. From Wordnik.com. [The Dimaggio Nobody Knew] Reference
He stood there looking down, dogged, quiet, like one tongue-tied. From Wordnik.com. [The Crimson Blind] Reference
I confess I was tongue-tied, and could only mutter something, and. From Wordnik.com. [Orrain A Romance] Reference
"A tongue-tied man couldn't tell nothin 'in half a second," objected. From Wordnik.com. [Injun and Whitey to the Rescue] Reference
WANTED: Speechwriter for frequently tongue-tied president/candidate. From Wordnik.com. [Message: I Need Help] Reference
And thus fuming at my tongue-tied awkwardness, I went along the path. From Wordnik.com. [Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow] Reference
A woman is tongue-tied by the countless conventionalities of education. From Wordnik.com. [Young Mr. Barter's Repentance From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray] Reference
He had a sense of guilt, and men so situated are sometimes tongue-tied. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844] Reference
Had there not, why would he be so clumsily attentive and tongue-tied now?. From Wordnik.com. [Let Us Pretend] Reference
My granddaughter who is no longer tongue-tied, replied, "Oh we've met before.". From Wordnik.com. [Honey Seltzer: Daniel Radcliffe (aka Harry Potter) Is One of the Nicest Young Men I've Ever Met] Reference
His soft, listless voice and tongue-tied delivery often underwhelmed audiences. From Wordnik.com. [Housebroken] Reference
"Should say so; the county were tongue-tied in admiration; couldn't find words.". From Wordnik.com. [A Heart-Song of To-day] Reference
He felt tongue-tied, more than usually awkward, terribly and shamefully nervous. From Wordnik.com. [The Imaginary Marriage] Reference
FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: It's always -- it always gets folks tongue-tied. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 5, 2008] Reference
But one deep look from the dark eyes set her a-flush and rendered her tongue-tied. From Wordnik.com. [Sunny Slopes] Reference
Arbuthnot danced well, but with the girl in his arms he seemed suddenly tongue-tied. From Wordnik.com. [The Sheik] Reference
He, tongue-tied, answering little, embarrassed and ill at ease in that sweet society. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Day's Daughters] Reference
Edwards: The LowsThe man with the golden tongue often sounded distinctly tongue-tied. From Wordnik.com. [Trail Mix: Body Blows] Reference
I 'm afraid I appeared for the moment a trifle foolish; I was tongue-tied, at any rate. From Wordnik.com. [The Paternoster Ruby] Reference
I suppose because I am so tongue-tied with other people I pour forth everything upon you. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest] Reference
He is a hundred per cent better than when he came; but he is still surly and tongue-tied. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843] Reference
But with the latter you are cowed and beaten beforehand, and tongue-tied during the contest. From Wordnik.com. [The Love Affairs of an Old Maid] Reference
Herrick shook off the mental paralysis which had held him tongue-tied, and spoke vigorously. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of a Soul] Reference
"What I don't know about boys a tongue-tied man could tell in half a second," Bill was saying. From Wordnik.com. [Injun and Whitey to the Rescue] Reference
He himself was becoming confused and tongue-tied with the importance of the confession at hand. From Wordnik.com. [Bluebell A Novel] Reference
It seems to me there are too many letters in it, and I should become tongue-tied in the middle. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
"I think Milly'll be here in a minute," I stammered, and then I stopped, tongue-tied and blushing. From Wordnik.com. [The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day] Reference
Sober, he can be socially awkward and tongue-tied, conscious of lacking his brothers 'verbal grace. From Wordnik.com. [Sobering Times] Reference
Fear held them tongue-tied, and they crouched upon the dusty floor as close to the door as they could get. From Wordnik.com. [Tabitha's Vacation] Reference
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