tonguetied

It was he who taught her about Islam—only growing tonguetied once when, as a four-year-old, she asked him why Islamic women had to wear head-covering burqas.

Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006

It was he who taught her about Islam—only growing tonguetied once when, as a four-year-old, she asked him why Islamic women had to wear head-covering burqas.

Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006

It was he who taught her about Islam—only growing tonguetied once when, as a four-year-old, she asked him why Islamic women had to wear head-covering burqas.

Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006

We double-dated a couple of times, factory boys squiring us around to the cheaper speakeasies, but they were usually either tonguetied or loutish.

Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994

We double-dated a couple of times, factory boys squiring us around to the cheaper speakeasies, but they were usually either tonguetied or loutish.

Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994

We double-dated a couple of times, factory boys squiring us around to the cheaper speakeasies, but they were usually either tonguetied or loutish.

Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994

But I, O my lady, was tonguetied and powerless to say a word to him.

Tehran Winter Naipaul, V.S. 1981

Dominick don't possess it's bein 'tonguetied, I gets suspicious.

Shorty McCabe on the Job Sewell Ford 1907

Never before had she felt tonguetied in the presence of an admirer.

A Son of the Immortals Louis Tracy 1895

In short, to finish this foolish story, I never saw a transaction in which appeared so little parts, abilities, or conduct; nor do I think there can be any thing weaker than the administration except it is the opposition: but an opposition, bedrid and tonguetied, is a most ridiculous body.

The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3 Horace Walpole 1757