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• v  deprive of speech
  When he met his idol, the young man was tongue-tied
• s  unable to express yourself clearly or fluently
  felt tongue-tied with embarrassment

• But Rudy's tongue-tied attempt to nuance his views in the first Republican candidates' debate last week brought the issue to a head.
• Annie (Scarlett Johansson) flunks out of the fast track in the business world (too tongue-tied) and she lacks the self-confidence to follow her heart's desire, which is to become .
• Why do you think so many of us feel tongue-tied and awkward around cancer patients? You are confronted with the possibility of death, and you are afraid.

• tongue-tie
• incoherent

News & Articles

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• Miss Utah Flubs Answer at Miss USA Pageant (Video)
  Marissa Powell gets tongue-tied during an equal pay question. read more        
  June 17, 2013 - The Hollywood Reporter

Quotes

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• Jim Cuddy in 660 News
  It still leaves us tongue-tied up there, you know,Cuddy said. "But to be three decades into it and still be up for awards, is, I think, still a big deal."
• Ben Brantley in Wesleyan Connection (blog)
  Brantley writes: "Clybourne Park concerns, to borrow from Raymond Carver, what we talk about when we talk about race. Mr. Norris focuses on the evasions, euphemisms and tongue-tied paralysis that afflict such discussions and comes to the conclusion...
• Barry Trotz in Detroit Free Press
  I love meeting the old players, the old coaches,Trotz said. "If I see Gordie Howe, I'm tongue-tied. I get a chance to meet a lot of famous people in Nashville, in the music industry here, but if I meet a Gordie Howe or a Bobby Orr, a...