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Recent Examples of ticklish From celebrities to brands and many other users across the platform, folks chimed in to share their despair with Hollywood’s most ticklish friend. Ryan Fish, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 In practice, the last of these—which sounds tame, and which refers to the number of people who will be affected by the act—is probably the most morally ticklish, as any secondhand smoker can confirm. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023 This is a ticklish subject, to be sure. Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2022 What keeps Sandy from jumping turns out to be one of Row’s cleverest, most ticklish plot devices. John Domini, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for ticklish
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ticklish
Adjective
  • Moreover, data tokenization or de-identification allows sensitive information (like PII or health records) to be replaced with non-sensitive surrogates, reducing risk without compromising analytics.
    Shinoy Vengaramkode Bhaskaran, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • Tian also allegedly sent additional sensitive data on U.S. weapons systems.
    Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • But the fact that Schwartzman, in his first film, was given the difficult task of stealing laughs away from a comedy legend, and so often succeeds in doing so, gives him the slight edge.
    Shannon Carlin, Time, 30 May 2025
  • The litigation in the case continues, but in the short term, many migrants will be left with difficult choices.
    Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • However, avoid touchy subjects and disputes with siblings and daily contacts.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 18 May 2025
  • Given the touchy subject, the study authors are of course all Italians, by design.
    Francesca Giuliani Hoffman, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
Adjective
  • Being a careless jackass but also irresistibly charming is a tough needle to thread.
    Staff Author Published, EW.com, 22 May 2025
  • Johnson has been on a winning streak this year with Trump in the White House and backing him repeatedly to muscle through a series of very tough votes on the slimmest of majorities.
    Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • The crew is under the supervision of the capable Mensah (Noma Dumezweni) who is prone to panic attacks as the group visits an irritable planet at the behest of The Corporation — a powerful business conglomerate where profit is indeed king.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
  • It’s said to cause people to become irritable, aggravate health problems, and abrade mechanical devices.
    Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Adjective
  • The first takes us back to January 2023 and the first leg of a tetchy Carabao Cup semi-final against Southampton, whose Duje Caleta-Car is shown a red card late on.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 21 May 2025
  • At least, that’s how a plurality of Americans perceive the tetchy state of our union.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The result is a mosaic of broods that makes the jigsaw puzzle of periodical cicada distribution more complicated, but more interesting.
    Chris Simon, The Conversation, 22 May 2025
  • My work centers Native characters who are fully human: messy, funny, complicated.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • However, the water impact of cannabis becomes more problematic in regions where it’s grown illegally or without proper oversight.
    Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
  • Some nutrients in sunflower seeds may be problematic if overconsumed.
    Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 23 May 2025

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“Ticklish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ticklish. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.

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