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

The theme that emerges after two sprawling, ticklishly funny hours of his new show is not just the challenge of talking about mental health but also the perils of stoicism.

From New York Times

With no clear demarcation line to cross, Sophie — the 34-year-old pop producer who died after an accidental fall on Saturday — immediately moved her music into those ticklish margins and set up shop.

From Washington Post

Now he’s in that ticklish spot where the monsters are gone and a chance shimmers up ahead, except that, “My focus or my concentration, it’s the same,” he said.

From Washington Post

For two countries that revel in bitter memories of suffering at the hands of foreign intruders, the gruesome events on the Amur in 1900 present a ticklish problem.

From New York Times