Thick Tongued

Yet all night long Arden flitted in and out of my nightmares so that in the morning I woke up fuzzy-headed, thick-tongued. ❋ V.C. Andrews® (2010)

Fortunately, I am fluent in the thick-tongued dialect of the chemically restrained. ❋ Jonathan Nasaw (2010)

Lt. Jeffrey Zaun, the POW whose swollen face on NEWSWEEK'S Feb. 4 cover and thick-tongued sound bites on TV had outraged Americans against Saddam Hussein, said he had feared for his life 90 percent of the time, though 90 percent of his cuts and bruises had been "flail injuries" from ejecting at 500 miles per hour. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The apes in Tim Burton's "Planet of the Apes" look tremendously regal, but the heavy makeup makes the actors sound thick-tongued and muffled: it's like they're all wearing retainers. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And like you said, if you could reverse the situation, I could tell that he was getting thick-tongued and lethargic and hypothermic, and I was very worried. ❋ Unknown (2006)

“I am coming,” I murmured in desperate petition, thick-tongued and half awake at the greying of dawn, “I am coming.” ❋ Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- (2003)

“I think I could stand a little more of that whiskey,” Nicholas mumbled, thick-tongued. ❋ Linda Lael Miller (1998)

Eyeball-burning, thick-tongued scared, and the closer she came to Gracious Boon the worse it became. ❋ Armstrong, Patricia (1995)

I felt stupid with desire, thick-headed and thick-tongued as I pressed her warmth against my own cold flesh. ❋ Wolfe, Gene (1980)

She answered him in a thick-tongued, sleepy murmur. ❋ Miller, Walter M. (1959)

But the eloquent speeches were delivered by Palmer in a thick-tongued voice; his pronunciation was so imperfect that many of the most beautiful speeches were lost upon the audience. ❋ Ben W. [Illustrator] Warden (N/A)

I fear that I have not stuck very closely to the text furnished me by thick-headed, thick-tongued Dogberry. ❋ Various (N/A)

The professor banged the lid of his instrument, led the way instanter down to our state-room; and, once there, did take something; then something else and, finally, something more, till he got very thick-tongued and enthusiastic. ❋ T. C. DeLeon (N/A)

His uniform all awry, there stood before her Christian, her son, anxious, shame-faced, and thick-tongued. ❋ Unknown (1917)