ticklish

Example Sentences

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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

There’s a ticklish note of meta-pleasure to Blanchett’s performance: She may be playing the role of the conductor with impeccable poise, but so, of course, is Lydia herself.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2022

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

Their job was to ask questions, to give the Hot Seat its heat: ticklish questions, embarrassing questions, nosy questions.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli