tickled

Example Sentences

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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

"He went to open the curtain and the window was like really tiny, that really tickled me - it was like a prison cell," she said.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

My face was hot, and tears tickled my eyes, but I wasn’t about to let them see me cry.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago