lisp
Example Sentences
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Many will spot the show’s lisping child as Winthrop from “The Music Man”; fewer may recognize the Schmigadoonean exclamation “yee honk” as joining two oaths from that play, “yee gods” and “great honk.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2021
He gave each character such a unique voice and accent that I can still hear his lisping version of Gollum in Tolkien’s trilogy.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2019
In another era, Mr. Wilder’s Harpo Marx-like mop of golden hair, his slight physique and his soft, almost lisping voice might have hindered a career as a leading man.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 29, 2016
Without the lisping charm of Asher Keddie's Ita, Paper Giants' second – and far less historically compelling – peek into the world of female-led publishing is not much to look at.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 10, 2013
A short dark man with a high lisping voice, named Mr. Manzi, stood in front of the class in a tight blue suit holding a little wooden ball.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
