"Get something between his teeth before he bites off his tongue!"

But he stopped the words, nearly biting off his tongue to keep them from blurting out.

He wanted to bite off his tongue and swallow it.

Richard asked, then he almost bit off his own tongue.

Right about then I should have accidentally bitten my tongue off.

His wife would have sooner bitten off her tongue than trouble him in such a way, without cause.

An instant later she could have bitten her tongue off.

The poor fellow looked as though he would liked to have bitten off his tongue.

Later, after he told me, I could have bitten my tongue off for that.

"There's still one at large," he said quickly, then could have bitten off his tongue.