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

But Sora also cost massive compute run time, with OpenAI spending a reported $15 million a day to tickle a nonpaying public.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 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

By that point, Atkinson had forced Travis Head to chop on, Tongue was beneficiary of a leg-side tickle by Jake Weatherald and the same bowler found the edge of Marnus Labuschagne.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

Martha, using his vest pockets for finger-holds, would climb up on his stomach and the other three would tickle him so that Martha would be joggled up and down when he laughed.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey