tickled

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

"I would just be tickled to have all of them there engaging in some silly goosery," Knox, who has been a Swiftie since 2005, tells the BBC.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

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

Inadvertently, she caught a lingering whiff of it, and a pleasant thrum tickled the edges of her senses.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray