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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, wriggles, flourishes are as natural as pirouettes and extensions.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 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