ticklish
Example Sentences
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The author’s fondness for masculine attire and habits—she enjoyed smoking cigars—has never ceased to generate ticklish speculation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
If he can’t bowl at all, then England have the ticklish decision of whether to drop a batter or bowler.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2024
The job drought is a ticklish problem for the ruling Communist Party, which is overseeing a sluggish post-pandemic economic recovery worsened by a downturn in the property market.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2023
What keeps Sandy from jumping turns out to be one of Row’s cleverest, most ticklish plot devices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
He sent shudders of annoyance scampering up ticklish spines, and everybody fled from him—everybody but the soldier in white, who had no choice.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
