Example Sentences

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And even my dialect coach was really anti- the idea for a while because it was creating lisps in my mouth, which wasn’t right.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 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

‘Have I missed it?’ lisps Commodus, springing out of his chariot.

From The Guardian • Mar. 31, 2016

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

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