ticklish

Example Sentences

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What keeps Sandy from jumping turns out to be one of Row’s cleverest, most ticklish plot devices.

From Los Angeles Times

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

The Danes had a ticklish tendency to stab outsiders as they downed their beverages.

From Seattle Times

David Mitchell, another fan, told me via email that he admires Sjón for his “ticklish, full-moon sense of humor” and the poetic simplicity of his style: “spaciousness and absence” that make him think of Taoism.

From New York Times

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