tickled to death
Example Sentences
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“Am I tickled to death that we’re 1-0 and we beat Cincinnati? Yes. I don’t want to play them. We’ve already played them once. That’s plenty.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2022
Gayle Wellborn and Perry Blickenstaff called it an "emotional time", but they were "tickled to death" to be in the East of England for the first time.
From BBC • Aug. 20, 2022
We were tickled to death about it, because none of us wanted to go into an invasion of Japan.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2015
Ron was in touch with me, and he knew where I stood, too, and I’ve been tickled to death with it, with the decision, ever since Ron and I put it back together.
From New York Times • May 17, 2013
I hadn’t gone far when here came Rowdy, wiggling all over and tickled to death.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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