cackle
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Presiding over the baddies, Jared Leto’s blue-skinned, caped, literally boneheaded man-demon Skeletor is meant to be the fiercest of antagonists, but even his own henchmen find his signature evil cackle to be a bit laughable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
In a two-storey flagship laboratory in one of the many new business hubs in Chongqing, a group of kindergarten children cackle with delight as they watch a robot fish swim around the tank.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
This show made me cry regularly, sometimes tears of joy, and also cackle aplenty.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2025
This invective is delivered with a sneer, a wink, and finally a cackle of laughter.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025
We’d cackle until our ribs hurt, imagining our prim, professorial uncle meeting Dad’s unruly crew.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Manning’s press conference cackle was followed by the cackles of adults in the room, including reporters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The red-headed fairy cackles, “Your hard work didn’t pay off!”
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025
With each taunt, the room filled with cackles from my teammates.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2024
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” served up a symphony of social disaster over the course of 12 seasons and almost 24 years on HBO, wringing cackles and cringes from the misadventures of the serially inappropriate Larry David.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
He cackles and sniffs, swabbing his face with his napkin.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
A troupe of local performers enacted boxing and wrestling matches as the crowd cackled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
I laid on the couch and cackled like an idiot while my friends took no prisoners.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2025
And then, at Pansy’s most vulnerable moment, someone cackled, “Ha ha!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
Castillo, who mentored Then and right-hander Prelander Berrora spring training, cackled in delight at the interaction.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2023
Ma Charles slapped the table and cackled harder and longer.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Many plays and musicals are supposed to draw chuckles, but theatergoers today are cackling like they’re at a comedy show.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
Those stereotypes might bring to mind images of black hats, broomsticks and cackling over cauldrons, common in much media.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025
And if you can be cackling laughing without a full set twirling in automation, that proves that the bones of the play are solid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2025
These fearsome carnivores, known for their splotchy fur and cackling “laughter,” form complicated social networks in which high-ranking females hold sway over males and other, less dominant females.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 29, 2024
I try to take off its head, but it flits up out of reach, cackling nastily.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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