Examples of tic in a Sentence

The verbal tic “you know” often occurs in her speech. constantly playing with her hair is one of her more annoying tics

Recent Examples on the Web Throughout the novel, Zhang adopts a stylistic tic of avoiding contractions. — New York Times, 3 Apr. 2022 Studies found that while coprolalia—a symptom which causes excessive use of foul language—is present in about 10% of people with Tourette’s syndrome, the tic was overwhelmingly present in TikTok videos associated with the neurological disorder. — Amiah Taylor, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2022 Each of these observers was given a tic, motif, or symbolic compulsion to distinguish and vivify his or her narration. — Mark Greif, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2022 The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has likewise been using them in this way, though, as of late, the museum’s QR code use has gone from techno-additive to grating digital tic. — Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2022 In Marks’s account, Maier is a mentally ill woman who took photos almost as a therapeutic tic rather than a full-fledged artist with (perhaps) a mental illness. — Jeremy Lybarger, The New Republic, 21 Dec. 2021 As a boy, Ben developed an involuntary tic around 4 or 5 years old. — Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Nov. 2021 Sometimes, Yun has a narrative tic of retelling what is already known from the details. — Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2021 Developing a tic would likely take more than one viewing of a video, Dr. Hull said. — WSJ, 16 Oct. 2021 See More

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