slur
verb (used with object)
to pass over lightly or without due mention or consideration (often followed byover ).
have slurred
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present perfectof slur.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"Fighters are more likely than football players to have slurred speech, or coordination problems. "
From Reuters ● May 5, 2016
They may have slurred speech, for example, she said.
From Chicago Tribune ● Feb. 24, 2012
But my mother continued to have slurred speech and memory loss.
From Time Magazine Archive
If I have slurred over the Latin, my excuse must be that the precise meaning of the Latin is difficult to catch.
From The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace by John Conington
Any other man in the world would have slurred the matter over, and never kept the promise of the introduction.
From The Storm Centre by Mary Noailles Murfree
