tickled

Example Sentences

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Instead of having its belly tickled and rolling over, Aronimink bit back on day one of the season's second major.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

We were tickled, then, to see another iteration of our favorite story appear in Politico amid Becerra’s rise: an anonymity-heavy piece quoting the politician’s former administration colleagues calling him a loser.

From Slate • May 9, 2026

At last year’s staging of “A Streetcar Named Desire” with Paul Mescal, theatergoers were positively tickled as Blanche DuBois spiraled.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

He was also tickled by the fact that “Frozen’s” Olaf not only exists in the reality of “Wonder Man,” but “for some reason, he is an icon in the dance clubs.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

She tickled Baby, but Baby did not laugh.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie