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

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

At my age to be in the same space with you for the Grammys, I am so tickled.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

Yet we can’t help but be tickled by her initial message.

From Slate • Jan. 24, 2026

I didn’t know what tickled worse: inhaling dust mites, or Viper’s sharp whiskers poking into my bare leg.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas