ticklish

Example Sentences

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How England get him to that point is ticklish.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 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

There’s a crooked face composed of peas, peppers and a lone olive atop the causa de pollo, a carefully layered mashed-potato cake stuffed with chicken salad, so creamy and ticklish.

From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2021

“I threw the whole thing out. You don’t want that ticklish feeling.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2021

If you know anything about horses, and especially if you had seen what a state that horse was in at the moment, you will realize that this was a ticklish thing to do.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis