tickled

Example Sentences

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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 think she'd be quite tickled by it, really."

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

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

From Slate • Jan. 24, 2026

"He went to open the curtain and the window was like really tiny, that really tickled me - it was like a prison cell," she said.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

The oily broth swirled, the hot spices wafted up and tickled his nose, and the pieces of meat and tripe floated from side to side.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie