tickled

Example Sentences

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Instead of having its belly tickled and rolling over, Aronimink bit back on day one of the season's second major.

From BBC • May 15, 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

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

From Slate • Jan. 24, 2026

With the day-night conditions fuelling the theatre, Root, who was dropped on two, tickled Scott Boland for four to reach three figures in Australia at the 30th attempt.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

Miss Mortimer scooped the cat into her arms and tickled it behind the ears.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood