tickled pink

Example Sentences

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Mind you, the cinemagoers I speak to are tickled pink that Barbie's hit the big screen here.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2023

“She would shift a shoulder, settle her mouth, change behind the eyes. And some deep, daughterly part of me was tickled pink by it.”

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2020

“Until they can find a newer formulation, then I‘m completely tickled pink with the decision,” he said.

From Reuters • Jan. 19, 2018

“I’m tickled pink, man,” said Jimmy McDonald, an assistant bank vice president, from Tazewell County, Virginia.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2016

I was tickled pink last week with the birthday gift she sent all the way from Jefferson City.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool