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Example sentences for: tics

How can you use “tics” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

One of the annoying tics of newspaper coverage of jury awards is the tendency to not cover the final money judgement with the same vigor as the initial sum.
I find such linguistic tics simply sloppy semantics.
(Mbeki, notorious for his wonkish style and nervous tics, polls poorly.)
Simultaneously, in the past, we meet the girls' roommate, Ricky (Mark Benton), who is very, very fat and is also a mass of tics and twitches.
(The NYT front-page market piece has many of the same tics, but at least mentions the plus for home buyers.