She looked at me with those deep eyes, and my tongue seemed to swell.

Her tongue seemed to have a life of its own, too.

He had some trouble with the two long words; his tongue seemed to catch.

He tried to warn the other two, but his tongue seemed to have swollen up and it was hard to talk.

The figure tried hard, but his tongue couldn't seem to cut through.

Her tongue seemed to swell up and cry out by itself, but she made no sound.

But now her tongue seemed to be tied in knots and she couldn't find a thing to say.

His tongue seemed to have healed the rest of the way.

His tongue seemed to belong in some larger person's mouth.

'Just as well I remembered to bring one, then,' he tried to say, but his tongue seemed to get in the way.