cackle

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

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

If you don't know her, you're likely to know her famous cackle which has become her trademark.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025

He pauses: “It was ancestral spirits, whatever you want to call it,” adding with a mischievous cackle, “But not voodoo!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025

Wednesday was smiling, and Nancy was laughing delightedly, an old man’s cackle, and even the dour Czernobog seemed to be enjoying himself.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

The potent Met chorus captured the shrieking cackles of the witches, the horror of the courtiers after Duncan’s murder, and the despair of the exiles fleeing Macbeth’s tyranny.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The red-headed fairy cackles, “Your hard work didn’t pay off!”

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025

All week I’d reveled in the cackles of leaf monkeys, hoots of gibbons, and barks of macaques, plus choruses of birds and frogs—all backed by the hums and whines of insects.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 23, 2024

As we turn the corner into his office, the cheekily self-proclaimed “horror master” cackles at the sight that greets all who dare to enter: a life-size cardboard cut-out of “Believe”-era Justin Bieber.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2023

Madame Violet cackles as she and the entire shop begin to fade away.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

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

They cackled at a video showing a troop of mischievous baboons ripping up ruling party election posters with the face of the president on them.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2023

She cackled and picked up the sprinkler, chasing Dill with it.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

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

Squibb has played plenty of cackling grannies; even so, Ms. Sturak is her most unhinged.

From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2024

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

“This is such a coincidence, because I am completely addicted to the home and design channels and I’ve heard about these itty-bitty homes. Although where do you go to the bathroom?” she says, cackling.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio