chortling
Example Sentences
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“OK, I think I can,” he relents, before chortling and adding: “I seriously don’t want to.”
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2024
A large crowd, boisterously enjoying a dip whilst chitchatting and chortling, or a quiet night at home with nothing but your dip and a ton of chips and crudite.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2024
Jesters on social media have already begun chortling about this movie’s minimalist title.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2023
A romance that can make a reader laugh aloud is a treat, especially if that book causes uncontrolled chortling in public, or punctures the silence of an otherwise quiet space.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 3, 2022
Then one night after supper she and Amelia came upstairs to find Betsy chortling over the paper in their bedroom.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
