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Recent Examples of tongueless
The actor also played the tongueless Avox cameraman Pollux in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 and 2 (2014, 2015).
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Helen Murphy, Peoplemag, 14 Apr. 2023
By prolonging the tongueless fish’s life, the isopod might gain enough time to mate and release her eggs.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 July 2021
Designers added 20 percent more cushioning than prior generations, there’s three more millimeters of it, and the upper has a new tongueless bootie construction that makes pulling on the Triumph feel like slipping into a sock.
—Justin Nyberg, Outside Online, 14 May 2015
Helen Murphy, Peoplemag, 14 Apr. 2023
By prolonging the tongueless fish’s life, the isopod might gain enough time to mate and release her eggs.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 July 2021
Designers added 20 percent more cushioning than prior generations, there’s three more millimeters of it, and the upper has a new tongueless bootie construction that makes pulling on the Triumph feel like slipping into a sock.
—Justin Nyberg, Outside Online, 14 May 2015
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tongueless
Adjective
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This data point is often weaponized by traditionalists, boxing our families into voiceless tropes that ignore systemic racism, which has plagued the Black community since the dawn of slavery.—
Ashley Simpo,
Parents,
30 Jan. 2026
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These shows really do give voice to people who feel pretty voiceless at the moment.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Complicating matters is the fact that Maddie is deaf and mute, forcing her to utilize her other senses to stop the killer from claiming her as his next victim.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Jan. 2026
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For this new work, Andrews has forged Sophocles’ Electra with Ingmar Bergman’s 1966 gripping classic, Persona, a film that starred Liv Ullmann and Bibi Andersson playing, respectively, a famous theatre actress, inexplicably struck mute, who is cared for by a young nurse.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Tongueless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tongueless. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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