ticklish
Example Sentences
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The author’s fondness for masculine attire and habits—she enjoyed smoking cigars—has never ceased to generate ticklish speculation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Without Stokes being able to bowl, England's selection was destined to be ticklish.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2024
The job drought is a ticklish problem for the ruling Communist Party, which is overseeing a sluggish post-pandemic economic recovery worsened by a downturn in the property market.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2023
Yet Page never goes so far as to strip the songs of their ticklish pleasures while stripping them of their varnish.
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2022
It was a ticklish job, saddling the pony for the first time.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
