ticklish

Example Sentences

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If he can’t bowl at all, then England have the ticklish decision of whether to drop a batter or bowler.

From BBC • Oct. 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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 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

And that it was no longer smooth and warm and regular, but sharp and pointy and ticklish.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill