Example Sentences

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“A lot of people who have lisps are not children — they simply have a speech thing,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2024

They are two different entities that operate as one, babbling to each other as pint-size radio announcers with slight lisps.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2022

Her dad also lisps very slightly on “S” sounds but it’s not as pronounced.

From Slate • Jan. 28, 2021

He lisps a little, because he has just two teeth left.

From US News • May 3, 2015

A five-year-old is cute when he lisps and stutters.

From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie