Sentence examples for verbal tics from inspiring English sources

"The verbal tics.

There are repeated themes, or verbal tics, or motifs.

Then I throw in a few verbal tics, such as "thankee" for "thank you".

Her show is about her extreme physical, verbal tics and what she does is fascinating.

His performance is a symphony of social anxiety, inarticulate longing and nerdy verbal tics.

But I am determined to eliminate a small set of verbal tics.

Each one has signature verbal tics that create the "spine" of the character.

Those around him are so accustomed to his verbal tics that they describe them in shorthand.

His West Coast slang and exaggerated verbal tics entered the popular American vocabulary.

THE EMERALD LIE (Mysterious Press, $25) is pure Bruen, with its verbal tics, weird typography and unorthodox wordplay.

Instead, he has exactly the same verbal tics as the athletes in the Commonwealth Games, as all sportspeople.