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Meanings of slurred in English

Spoken as if with a thick tongue.

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Usage of slurred in English
1
The peas are numbing my jaw and my words come out slurred.
Angelfall
2
His voice was slurred, the words coming out in a dreamy monotone.
Flesh Eaters
3
If I tell you, then it's not.' His voice was very slurred.
For my Country’s Freedom
4
What's wrong? His voice came muffled, slurred, as if struggling to wakefulness.
Discord's apple
5
Sophie also noticed that despite the man's bravado, his speech was slurred.
Explosive
6
Reed slurred over most of the details of the accident, even now.
The Brentons
7
As he gazed at her, he heard a man's low slurred voice.
Funland
8
This is the portion so deplorably slurred by these old monkish writers.
The Sword Maker
9
Colin's words slurred a little, Mary's movements were less earnest, more rhythmic.
The comfort of strangers
10
He purposely slurred drawing at times, and was opposed to formal composition.
A Text-Book of the History of Painting
11
Greene blinked blearily at us from his chair and then slurred, Rawlins?
Proven guilty
12
Charles fought any boy who challenged or slurred Adam and usually won.
East of eden
13
The album captured such revelry, complete with slurred vocals and drunken poetics.
Reuters
14
Coots, his mouth stuffed full of bread and meat sauce, slurred, 'No.'
Return of the Crimson Guard
15
Her voice slurred like her mouth was filled with hardening wet cement.
Audrey's door
16
Louis heard syllables-phonetics, at least- but the words themselves were slurred and unclear.
Pet Sematary
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Slurred across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common