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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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Instead of a royal patriarch ruling over voiceless subjects, America would be a fraternity of virtuous (male) citizens, created equal in their potential for self-government.—
Jane Kamensky,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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Imposing duties drives up the cost of business for so many of these effectively voiceless U.S. companies, the financial impact on whom must not be taken into consideration by the U.S. International Trade Commission – the agency rendering the injury determination.—
Dan Ikenson,
Forbes,
29 Feb. 2024
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That mute minute in an otherwise ever-bobbing, ever-shouting crowd (a portion of which camped outside the Spectrum Center) was a testament to Eilish’s ability to hold her own on a stage that — other than the occasional burst of fire and blitzing lights — had little frill.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Oct. 2025
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This Abel Ferrara cult classic follows a mute seamstress who goes on a revenge rampage after being attacked twice in one day on the streets of New York.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Tongueless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tongueless. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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