chortling

Example Sentences

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“OK, I think I can,” he relents, before chortling and adding: “I seriously don’t want to.”

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2024

A large crowd, boisterously enjoying a dip whilst chitchatting and chortling, or a quiet night at home with nothing but your dip and a ton of chips and crudite.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2024

Rogers, for her part, is chortling all the way to her campaign treasurer’s office.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2023

Jesters on social media have already begun chortling about this movie’s minimalist title.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2023

Still chortling, Fudge had thrown some powder into the fireplace, stepped into the emerald flames, and vanished with a whooshing sound.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling