tics
- plural of tic.
Example Sentences
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Tics can be mild, moderate or severe, and are disabling in some cases.
From Science Daily • May 6, 2024
Tics of speech sprout up, as if organically, from the political contingencies and the geographical facts that give rise to character.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 9, 2019
Photograph: Getty Tics seem more pronounced in tennis than any other sport.
From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2016
Tics hitch aboard with face harpoons while various leeches lock down with sets of saw-like jaws.
From The Verge • Nov. 8, 2015
Tics may also be but the symbol for a vague feeling of tension, irritation or stimulation, which seeks relief or expression by the performance of the tic.
From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various
