tickle

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

Then she shares a delightful, fact-based piece of trivia like, “Hey, did you know that rats giggle when you tickle them?”

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 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

Or that night we stumbled onto a giant controlled burn and saw the flames reach up and tickle the moon and recognized the gnawing feeling that fire is something we can only feign to control.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2026

‘Don’t gobblefunk around with words. I will now give you another example. Human beans from Jersey has a most disgustable woolly tickle on the tongue,’ the Giant said.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl

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

"You can just take the mick out of that and people get it from just one line. It sometimes tickles that. You know, like that funny bone."

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

In the same facility today, the strong aroma of spices tickles visitors’ noses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026

Your partner tickles your foot — you might reflexively withdraw the foot without waking up and becoming conscious, right?

From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2024

A crawling sensation tickles across my skin as I stand.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

Still, judging by trends on social media, it seems a lot of people are tickled by the idea that such an outcome is even remotely possible.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

She agreed, tickled to reprise her role again.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

He was also tickled by the fact that “Frozen’s” Olaf not only exists in the reality of “Wonder Man,” but “for some reason, he is an icon in the dance clubs.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2026

Yet we can’t help but be tickled by her initial message.

From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2026

Dad glanced at her in the rearview mirror, probably deciding whether or not to scold her for language, but then she leaned forward, toward the passenger seat, so her breath tickled my ear.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

A spontaneous laugh triggered by tickling differs from a polite laugh during a meeting, a nervous laugh after making a mistake, or contagious laughter shared among friends.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026

“In my dream, you kept getting closer to me, and then you started tickling me,” Linda tells him during a session, early in the film.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2025

He was born to pose backlit by a pyre of flaming zombies and does so here, with the hot wind tickling his locks perfectly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2025

If Potts' first wicket, Latham tickling down the leg side, came from an innocuous delivery, his second was vital.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2024

“I’m sorry!” said Ximena, laughing because we had started tickling her.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio