cackle
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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
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
When I saw this image of the would-be Poot matriarch for the first time the other day, my first reaction was a hard cackle.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2025
I dreamed of myself, limping beside him, laughing that high, horrible cackle.
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
The biggest lesson he learned: “What does Chad want to do?” he dryly cackles, before interrupting himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
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
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 they cackled with glee watching the drama in Georgia.
From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2024
We played board games, cackled at old movies and talked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
“His brother the rooster cackled, ‘You can’t do that.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
I can practically hear those two cackling over their macchiatos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 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
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
He was most famous for voicing creatures, including the cackling Salacious Crumb from “Return of the Jedi,” as well as the musical, cuddly mogwai and malevolent, reptilian title monsters in “Gremlins” and “Gremlins 2.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
I had not heard it in two years, but I would know that cackling, hearty sound anywhere.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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