ticklish
Example Sentences
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The author’s fondness for masculine attire and habits—she enjoyed smoking cigars—has never ceased to generate ticklish speculation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The decision on how to handle Anderson is ticklish for England.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2024
The job drought is a ticklish problem for the ruling Communist Party, which is overseeing a sluggish post-pandemic economic recovery worsened by a downturn in the property market.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2023
Visuals are overrated, this intermittently ticklish thriller seems to insist.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
If you know anything about horses, and especially if you had seen what a state that horse was in at the moment, you will realize that this was a ticklish thing to do.
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
