tickly
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of tickly
Example Sentences
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Ferrier took a Covid test on Saturday 26 September 2020 because she had a "tickly throat".
From BBC • May 23, 2023
Because the weight of your body is distributed across 4,788 nails, your skin’s pain sensors aren’t activated, and you’ll probably feel only a mild tickly sensation.
From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2022
Dusting the tickly stray strands off my neck, I felt lighter, ready for the Lunar New Year.
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2021
The other is based on a desire to avoid that floating, tickly hair in the vicinity of one’s uvula.
From Slate • Aug. 15, 2019
So Aru had been left with that horrible, tickly feeling of a drippy nose, and she’d had no other choice....
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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