chortle

Example Sentences

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If Kate DiCamillo wrote a book about a box of Swiffer refills, it would probably make us chortle and sob about lint.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2023

Now, a new, more virile chortle has risen to take its place.

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2023

“I much prefer that than going to the Olympics feeling that nobody’s counting on me because I’ve been skiing really, really slow,” she said with a muffled chortle.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2022

The rest of us will be content to drool at each of Bertha's fabulous dresses or chortle at Agnes' quick comebacks.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2022

A little accented voice rose from Zeke’s knee with a chortle.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness