ticklish

Example Sentences

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What keeps Sandy from jumping turns out to be one of Row’s cleverest, most ticklish plot devices.

From Los Angeles Times

That association proved politically valuable but also politically ticklish.

From Washington Post

Soon they’re back at his place, where he offers her a joint, asks whether she’s ticklish and persuades her to pose nude.

From New York Times

There’s a ticklish note of meta-pleasure to Blanchett’s performance: She may be playing the role of the conductor with impeccable poise, but so, of course, is Lydia herself.

From Los Angeles Times

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