The verbal tic “you know” often occurs in her speech. constantly playing with her hair is one of her more annoying tics
Recent Examples on the WebSo does the filmmaking, whose every strategy — the long takes and gray-to-murky tones of Wyatt Garfield’s cinematography, the stabbing arpeggios of Jim Williams’ score — provides a formal complement to Hall’s every tic and gesture. Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2022 This was not merely anxiety, which my longtime analyst had originally identified as the source of the tic. Matt Sullivan, Men's Health, 10 Aug. 2022 Over the course of a week, the nervous tic of checking my phone for messages, headlines, or Facebook arguments, dissolved into nothing. Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 5 July 2022 It’s a tic developed after years as director of the clinic. Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2022 Even for those who don’t have aphasia or Tourette’s, swearing can become a habit, something like an uncontrolled verbal tic. Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 9 June 2022 Throughout the novel, Zhang adopts a stylistic tic of avoiding contractions.New York Times, 3 Apr. 2022 Studies found that while coprolalia—a symptom which causes excessive use of foul language—is present in about 10% of people with Tourette’s syndrome, the tic was overwhelmingly present in TikTok videos associated with the neurological disorder. Amiah Taylor, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2022 Each of these observers was given a tic, motif, or symbolic compulsion to distinguish and vivify his or her narration. Mark Greif, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2022 See More