tickling

Example Sentences

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It's going to affect your nose and the back of your throat, while some will get a tickling at the back of the mouth.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

“Murderbot,” on the other hand, earns that superlative by tickling us with the thought that while our disquietude about AI’s takeover is legitimate, machines are in no way prepared for every aspect of it.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2025

“Training Season,” her demand for a partner who already knows “how to love me right,” has tickling guitar syncopations and girl-group harmonies popping out of nowhere.

From New York Times • May 3, 2024

But in the meantime, mother chimps continue to be their offspring's primary playmate, tickling, chasing, playing 'airplane'.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2024

And that I began to wonder, dread tickling up my spine, if he was the only one who could do something like that.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken