ticklishness
Example Sentences
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But her team’s new findings suggest that the PAG, and specifically its lateral columns, is required for play and ticklishness.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 28, 2023
One of the fascinating things about ticklishness is that it is so mood-dependent, Ishiyama says.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 10, 2016
If that's the case, then adult ticklishness might be the useless by-product of a trait that evolved for the benefit of infants.
From Slate ● Mar. 12, 2010
Some of the play's characters are never really used; some never come alive because of the ticklishness of treating people still actually alive.
From Time Magazine Archive
In his "Almond for a Parrot," Nash adverts to the ticklishness of the times, and to the necessity of being extremely guarded in what he might write.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew
