tongue-tied

How To Use tongue-tied In A Sentence

• He takes a job at the cinema to get nearer to her but finds himself tongue-tied in her presence. Times, Sunday Times
• When forced at work to socialise she becomes tongue-tied, and fears that she will blush and make a fool of herself. Know Your Own Mind
• But I didn't, because I was suddenly tongue-tied and self-conscious.
• If you want to get involved in evangelization but, like most people, feel tongue-tied and vaguely inept, one easy way to do it is to order some copies of this booklet and give 'em away.
• He became tongue-tied, embarrassed, and never acted like himself.
• The footsore pilgrim of old, the wayfarer half frozen from the storm, the tongue-tied lover dropping nervously by, might or might not be glad to hear it.
• Neither could really speak, being tongue-tied and breathless.
• In their presence I became self-conscious and tongue-tied.
• And as usual, I turned into a goofy, gawky, tongue-tied idiot.
• In fact, he is so good that I have gotten absurdly tongue-tied both times I've met him in the last month or so.