ticked

Example Sentences

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"In college, I was stopped because I ticked, 'I have drugs in my bag!' when I passed a police car. I wasn't even holding a bag. The police officers were very amused by it."

From BBC

Interest in talking to the dead ticked up once more.

From Literature

The labor market differential, which measures the share of consumers saying jobs are “plentiful” minus the share saying jobs are “hard to get” ticked up from the last reading.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Now they’re ordinary people, like me,” she said as she ticked through growth numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The most offensive word that I ticked at the ceremony, for example, is a word I would never use and would completely condemn if I did not have Tourette's."

From BBC