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Meanings of nervous tic in English

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Usage of nervous tic in English
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His expression never changed-buthis left eye twitched in a nervous tic.
Turn coat
2
Ebenezar frowned, and one of his cheeks twitched in a nervous tic.
Summer knight
3
These people are one nervous tic away from the loony bin.
A fugitive truth: an emma fielding mystery
4
Why do you have that nervous tic in your one eye?
The viking takes a knight
5
Max is so worried about protecting the boy that he develops a nervous tic.
The South African
6
He said the feeling of his hand moving involuntarily was like that of a nervous tic.
Reuters
7
But even from across the room I could see a nervous tic jumping in his face.
The Lunatic Cafe
8
Jon's face looked pale, and there was a slight nervous tic at the corner of his mouth.
The Unnecessary Man
9
It means when you're bluffing, you get this little nervous tic by the corner of your eye.
Ryan's place
10
He leaned to the right, his left foot and leg jiggling slightly, like he had a nervous tic.
The Scorch Trials
11
It's a lullaby for the techno generation, a soothing tune to calm the nervous tic of the soul.
The Irish Times
12
He seemed to have developed a nervous tic, which became more pronounced when he coughed into his fist.
Zero Point
13
His nervous tic was palpitating away.
The Naked God
14
She shrugged again- agesturewhich I was beginning to see had become a sort of nervous tic for her.
The Demon Lover
15
His expressive face contorted in a nervous tic each time his eyes swept by the clock hanging behind the bar.
Faithfully Yours
16
So, how's a Web site that dribbles a pulp pastiche over hundreds of pages going to even rate a nervous tic?
Wired
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