ticklish

Example Sentences

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The decision on how to handle Anderson is ticklish for England.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 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

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

He sent shudders of annoyance scampering up ticklish spines, and everybody fled from him—everybody but the soldier in white, who had no choice.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller