tickle
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But they’re smart—Debbie doesn’t care for this month’s book-club selection, “The Woman in the Window Across the Street,” which will tickle the psycho-thriller audience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
A whiff of lemongrass and wet soil tickle the nose in Palli Fleischer Lyberth's vertical farm in Sisimiut, the second-largest town in the Danish autonomous territory.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
In December 2023, she noticed symptoms – a chest tickle and discomfort while eating.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
Just a little something to tickle my fickle taste buds.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2025
George took Kelly by the shoulders, ignored the tickle in her stomach, and spoke very seriously.
From "George" by Alex Gino
Not unlike, say, a Whit Stillman movie or an episode of “Frasier,” it tickles the literary parts of the brain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Yorgos Lanthimos’ sci-fi black comedy tickles the audience to wonder if Emma Stone’s pharmaceutical CEO could really be an alien.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
Dr Chris van Tulleken says as an infection scientist he sees nature as a positively challenging environment that "tickles your immune system".
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025
Your partner tickles your foot — you might reflexively withdraw the foot without waking up and becoming conscious, right?
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2024
Water tickles my ankles, then my calves, then my thighs.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
"I would just be tickled to have all of them there engaging in some silly goosery," Knox, who has been a Swiftie since 2005, tells the BBC.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
We were tickled, then, to see another iteration of our favorite story appear in Politico amid Becerra’s rise: an anonymity-heavy piece quoting the politician’s former administration colleagues calling him a loser.
From Slate ● May 9, 2026
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
“I’m tickled that I could do something like that for someone.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2026
Their microscopic furry feet tickled everywhere they landed.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
It was Steves who first gave me the confidence to get lost, to strike up conversations, to stand still for a while in one place rather than tickling off landmarks on a list.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2025
Alife described lying down on the sidecar as "tummy tickling due to the vibrations" and said it felt like he was "off the ground gliding".
From BBC ● May 26, 2024
“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
The road is secluded by tall trees tickling the sky.
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
