guffawing

Example Sentences

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We’ve reached a point where the guffawing has to stop.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2024

If you are then brave enough to tender an invitation, the entity will obligingly possess you while your guffawing friends, smartphones at the ready, gleefully capture its disturbing, sometimes embarrassing behavior.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2023

Asked by Jost if his parents would be “upset” about his sexuality, Yang’s Oompa Loompa gave the guffawing audience some insight into his hometown of “Loompa Land,” which apparently is “not as progressive.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2021

You can practically hear Prose guffawing over these excerpts; they provide a wonderful excuse for this superb stylist to dress up like a literary tramp.

From Washington Post • Jul. 6, 2021

“You know what to do,” Chief said, and his guests laughed, three guffawing, knowing men.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie