tickling

present participle of tickle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tickling
Verb
  • On both of us, the product lathered up wonderfully and had an invigorating tingling sensation, likely thanks to the line's new PhytoFerment innovation.
    Janine Rubenstein, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Some people have no symptoms, but others may feel pain, tingling, numbness or muscle weakness.
    Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Antonioni’s critical distance from this mass display makes something of a grim parody of the Sexual Revolution, suggesting that its liberatory possibilities have been forgotten in the name of titillating distraction.
    Jake Cole, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The Mustangs, who had a string of five straight seasons of qualifying for the Class 5A playoffs snapped last year, are itching for a return.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
  • This one's purely for competitive gamers and hardcore PC builders itching for weapons-grade hardware.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • While clean deodorant has become one of the most popular products in body care with a slew of heritage brands tapping in, Covello said the brand received a lot of pushback in the early days.
    Emily Burns, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Teams are tapping into AI not just to move faster, but to go deeper — delivering the very best creative thinking, immersive storytelling, and future-forward design.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This interaction damages skin cells and can trigger irritation, redness, stinging or burning.
    Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Lapham also talked about the high of winning the AFC Championship in 1981, followed by the stinging loss to San Francisco in Super Bowl 16.
    Beryl Love, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Renewed federal support for drilling in the US, combined with languid global oil demand and increasing drilling by OPEC countries, has pushed oil prices to their lowest level since the pandemic.
    Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • To fill out context, development costs in 2020 for drilling production and injection wells and production facilities lie in a range of $3 - $5 billion in GOA.
    Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has sought to tread a thin line between placating Polish sensitivities and avoiding the wrath of nationalist Ukrainians.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Fans can credit Schneider's handling of the situation for placating any potential hard feelings as the team removes a standout starter from the rotation to make room for Bieber.
    Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Activating your ninth house of expansion and third house of immediate surroundings, this tricky opposition is quenching your desire for adventure while pulling you back into shady debates and undercurrents with people that surround you.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • While there are plenty of quenching hair oils and split-end-smoothing leave-ins out there, nothing has made more of a difference to my puffy lengths than Color Wow’s Dreaming Advanced Repair and Resurfacing Treatment, $45.
    Jacqueline Kilikita, Refinery29, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Tickling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tickling. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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