How to Use tickle in a Sentence

tickle

1 of 2 verb

• The tag on the sweater tickled his neck.
• The idea of going to the party tickled her.
• Don't touch me there; it tickles.
• My nose started to tickle.
• We were tickled by the invitation.
• Her little brother screamed with laughter as she tickled him.
• Records for the date were tickled for the second day in a row.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
• All this to say, this passé brand of humor doesn’t tickle me.
  — Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2021
• Every sight and sound feels finely tuned to tickle your brain in all the right ways.
  — Aaron Zimmerman, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2022
• Wise is just as passionate about the dish, kind of tickled by the idea of grilling potatoes.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
• Rather, Michaeli thinks the scene is ripe for the sorts of flavors that could tickle American palates.
  — Anna Ben Yehuda Rahmanan, Fortune, 15 June 2019
• At the very least, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity could tickle my rat brain more.
  — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 18 Nov. 2020
• The guardians then said that Rollins proceeded to tickle the 7-year-old's feet, asked the minor to take of his socks, then licked his feet.
  — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2023
• She seems genuinely tickled by the lucky break too, handing me one for the road.
  — Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2024
• Something that tickles the ganglions and charges you up to make it across the finish line to Labor Day?
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2019
• There’s no pattern to the movies that tickle her, either as a viewer or as an artist.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2021
• The couple swoop in and lower the sides of the crib, reaching past tubes and monitors to kiss her and tickle her cheeks.
  — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2021
• This allows the birds to transition from one sound to the next in ways that tickle the ears of both songbirds and people.
  — David Rothenberg, Scientific American, 18 June 2021
• Cobb hollered after the pair, who seemed tickled by all the attention.
  — Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 3 Dec. 2019
• Still not tickled by the idea of a fuchsia foyer or salmon salon?
  — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 18 July 2023
• Tina Turner, tickled, rose to her feet and shot her protégé two thumbs up.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2023
• Few things tickle us more than Dermstore Black Friday deals.
  — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 24 Nov. 2023
• What tickles the funny bone or bruises the heart is subjective; so, too, is what chills the spine.
  — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2023
• By tickling it with microwaves, each circuit can be set to one state, the other, or both.
  — Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 11 Mar. 2020
• Maybe all the above? — tickle my nostrils, then retreat.
  — Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2021
• That little kick from the vinegar is apparent at first bite and will tickle the tongue.
  — Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com, 21 Sep. 2020
• But the real standout was Roberts's hair, which was long enough to tickle her forearms.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 20 June 2023
• The baby was placed in a bassinet for the ladies to tickle and pass around like a precious gift, and everyone got to snuggle and kiss him.
  — Leslie Anne Tarabella, al, 12 May 2021
• Reddit’s first day of trading Thursday was a soft ringtone tickling the ear of a sleepy IPO market.
  — Laura Bratton, Quartz, 21 Mar. 2024
• My Greek husband is tickled by the rise of land acknowledgements.
  — Hazlitt, 17 Jan. 2024

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tickle

2 of 2 noun

• The stronger the tickle is, the larger the emoji looks.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 19 Oct. 2019
• The tickle is a way to the social bond in the rat—a friendship bond.
  — Pamela Weintraub, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2012
• As the baby nurses, the mom feels a slight tickle in the back of her throat.
  — Claire Friedman, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2020
• To kick things off, the G-Node sends a tickle of power through it.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 17 Feb. 2022
• The blend of fresh herbs and the fish sauce spiked with tamarind tickles every region of the tongue.
  — Michael Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Feb. 2018
• Now the boys crawl-chase each other around the house and make tickle-piles in the morning.
  — Anndee Hochman, Philly.com, 9 Jan. 2018
• Like a tickle in the back of the throat, there’s something bothersome about the word.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2020
• But something just gave me a tickle that that wasn’t him.
  — Annie Jacobsen, Wired, 20 Jan. 2021
• Rosie just feels like a soft, fuzzy tickle monster … that will want to eat you in your sleep.
  — Erica Boniface, The Know, 4 Jan. 2017
• This tickle turns into a wave, though, and that is what gets the heart cells in the cyborg fish moving.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 17 Feb. 2022
• Your main contentions are that one nostril that just won’t clear and the tickle in your throat that won’t let up.
  — Sarah Vincelette, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2020
• Then, on March 30, Jason began to feel a tickle in his throat.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 16 Apr. 2020
• Aunt Lucy has a deep love for her friends and family, a great sense of humor, and a laugh that feels like a tickle.
  — Sally Kohn, Time, 10 Apr. 2018
• Antony, the Brazilian with a throat tickle, didn’t expect to either.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
• And his hunger for their poached, fried, baked, leftover-taco-friendly tickle on his taste buds.
  — Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 26 Aug. 2017
• At first, covid-19 started as a simple cold, a runny nose, a tickle in my throat.
  — Carolyn Van Houten, Washington Post, 24 July 2020
• There’s that little primordial tickle at the base of your brain.
  — Tom Vanderbilt, Outside Online, 28 Feb. 2022
• There are a few parts of this recipe that tickle in particular.
  — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 24 Oct. 2022
• From there, the show picked up in intensity as the hard hitting bass reached the point of a full-body tickle from the vibrations.
  — Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2017
• Baby lap time Books, songs, rhymes, tickles and bounces, for children from birth to walking.
  — Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2017
• Coughing can be maddening, from that first tickle in your throat to dealing with the stuff that might come up with each heave.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 7 Apr. 2018
• Mostly just tired, but there’s also a little tickle in my throat.
  — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 12 Jan. 2023
• Last August, Ellen (not her real name) started to feel a tickle in her throat on the final day of her weeklong trip to Kauai.
  — Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 27 Feb. 2023
• Kaui was drifting in between my legs, the breathy tickle of her hair against my thighs, a few fingers pressing after.
  — New York Times, 31 Mar. 2020
• Paul Reubens did more than tickle people's funny bones.
  — USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
• If your funny bone needs a weekend tickle, though, check out one of the shows at ComedySportz San Jose.
  — Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2019
• There’s a laundry list of worries that run through our heads every day: Is that tickle in my throat coronavirus?
  — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 21 May 2020
• Sheryl Lee Ralph’s hair, Natalie Zea’s eyelids for starters) seem to be an early tickle of a trend.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2022
• In an average year, showing up to work or social events with a cough or throat tickle could rankle your desk mates or friends.
  — Sarah Feldberg, SFChronicle.com, 30 Aug. 2020
• Elsewhere in the video, big sister Stormi tickles baby Aire, who adorably can't stop laughing at her touch.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024