lisp
Example Sentences
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The childhood lisp I thought I’d outgrown came roaring back like it had been waiting in the wings.
From Salon • Nov. 23, 2025
Hezbollah played on the popularity of Nasrallah, a skilled orator who spoke with a lisp and would crack the occasional joke and use slang.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2024
They were specifically made to preserve his natural lisp and so important he carried two sets with him at all times.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2024
When I was a kid, I started doing elocution lessons because I had a really bad lisp.
From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2023
And then a voice—a voice with that horrible little lisp, a voice that chilled me like no other—said, “Oh, I don’t think so.”
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
Vocabulary lists containing lisp
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