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as in to excite
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Recent Examples of tickle
Chris Horne is tickled by the adrenaline of having a ferocious predator in his garden.
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Victoria Kim, New York Times, 2 July 2025
Small bubbles trail upward, tickling my nose as cold seawater seeps into my gloves.
—Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2025
Hagens seemed every bit as tickled that his name was called by actor Adam Sandler, aka Happy Gilmore.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 28 June 2025
Subtle pepper spice tickles the tongue before the 80-proof spirit fades from memory.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
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Victoria Kim, New York Times, 2 July 2025
Small bubbles trail upward, tickling my nose as cold seawater seeps into my gloves.
—Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2025
Hagens seemed every bit as tickled that his name was called by actor Adam Sandler, aka Happy Gilmore.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 28 June 2025
Subtle pepper spice tickles the tongue before the 80-proof spirit fades from memory.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for tickle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tickle
Verb
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Johnson is itching to return, but understands the Jets want to be cautious.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
16 Aug. 2025
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Though not quite itching for a new album, Trump has also been singularly obsessed with Taylor Swift over the past few months.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
5 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Friends may excite you with future-forward visions.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
16 Aug. 2025
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What excites me enough to spend hours exploring it?—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Some people have no symptoms, but others may feel pain, tingling, numbness or muscle weakness.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
11 Aug. 2025
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The disease's later stages can include arthritis, heart palpitations, facial palsy and tingling limbs.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
1 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The black-and-tan longhair dachshund, named Linky, appeared amused in the short clip shared to TikTok on August 5 by his owner, under @lincolnshiresausagedog.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Aug. 2025
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Backman’s signature quirky characters never fail to amuse, while also illuminating profound truths.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
10 Aug. 2025
Verb
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As for the number of people stung, the beach patrol doesn’t have numbers.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
30 July 2025
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The other hallmark symptoms include swelling—especially around the lips, eyelids or extremities—and a burning or stinging sensation in affected areas.—
Elizabeth Yuko,
Flow Space,
23 July 2025
Verb
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Later in the day, interactions with someone younger, especially from the past, will be warm and friendly, and perhaps even titillating.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
18 July 2025
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What starts out as titillating wish-fulfillment (Um, hello!—
Susan Walter
June 6,
Literary Hub,
6 June 2025
Verb
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Still the gigantic creature bored his way downward, with undiminished speed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
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The female bores into the fig to lay its eggs, which hatch out as larvae inside the fruit and eat the unripe insides before burrowing their way out.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Who knows if the second season of the U.K. spinoff will provide another major Netflix crossover like that, but the first season was good enough to satiate fans of the LIB community.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
16 Aug. 2025
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Thankfully, My Life with the Walter Boys season 2 is coming to satiate fans of the brother love triangle on Aug. 28.—
Madeleine Janz,
People.com,
31 July 2025
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“Tickle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tickle. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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