ticklish

Example Sentences

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If he can’t bowl at all, then England have the ticklish decision of whether to drop a batter or bowler.

From BBC • Oct. 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

Yet Page never goes so far as to strip the songs of their ticklish pleasures while stripping them of their varnish.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2022

There’s a crooked face composed of peas, peppers and a lone olive atop the causa de pollo, a carefully layered mashed-potato cake stuffed with chicken salad, so creamy and ticklish.

From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2021

Their tiny hands were ticklish at first, but the movements were soothing, and gentler than I could ever have imagined.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo