tickle
verb (used with object)
to touch or stroke lightly with the fingers, a feather, etc., so as to excite a tingling or itching sensation in; titillate.
were tickling
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past progressiveof tickle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The President, who can be tired and cranky after an overseas foray, basked in the adulation, grinning, doling out 360-degree waves and giving his full-body chuckle as if someone were tickling him.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was almost as if someone were tickling me.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
We were tickling her a lot at this point.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
The Weasley twins and Lee Jordan were tickling the tentacles of a giant squid, which was basking in the warm shallows.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
The humor of the old crone convulsed Dame Tremblay with laughter, as if some invisible fingers were tickling her wildly under the armpits.
From The Golden Dog by William Kirby
