Example Sentences

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Mice receiving 4e showed significantly fewer head twitches, which scientists use as a reliable indicator of psychedelic-like activity in rodents, than mice treated with psilocybin.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

By subconsciously mirroring even the subtlest twitches of expression and biological rhythms of other people, we can channel their thoughts and feelings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

His nose twitches are as dramatic as an ingenue’s gasp.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025

Antipsychotic medications and antibiotics failed to help; eventually, she could no longer recognize family members, developed severe facial twitches, then lapsed into a coma and was intubated after having trouble breathing.

From Science Magazine • May 15, 2024

The small man I saw in the hall twitches his leg.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini