tickle

Example Sentences

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Then she shares a delightful, fact-based piece of trivia like, “Hey, did you know that rats giggle when you tickle them?”

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

A whiff of lemongrass and wet soil tickle the nose in Palli Fleischer Lyberth's vertical farm in Sisimiut, the second-largest town in the Danish autonomous territory.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Which will give a lot of old parochial-school kids a tickle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Luther’s practice is exclusively for women and nonbinary clients, a boundary she set after a male client ignored her consent forms and asked her to tickle his feet during a session.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2025

I tell him as he continues to tickle.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya