lisp
Example Sentences
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His voice, slightly lisped, pinballs from story to story, often landing back at the place he started.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2022
One of the little girls handed her a copy to inscribe and lisped her name.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 2, 2017
The man will go to his grave without an acting Oscar because we are all morons and monsters. From the lisped villain of Kingsman to the swaggering emcee of Chi-raq and then—finally—his career-topping role as Maj.
From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2016
“I’m helping my brother,” he proudly lisped, staring at his sibling, Abdul-Rahman, 13, in adoration.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2015
With a sigh, Amarante lisped, “Jose Mondragon is irrigating his old man’s beanfield over there on the west side.”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
