chortle

“I am trying to say it publicly to make sure he sees it,” Rogen says with his trademark chortle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2025

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, Israelis and others in the Middle East need to worry—or chortle over—his intentions there as well.

From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2023

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

Havermeyer would chortle exultantly as he watched the tiny mammal freeze and roll its terrified eyes about in frantic search of the intruder.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

The name Hank McCune may be lost to history, but his short-lived television sitcom will forever be remembered for its chuckles, chortles, giggles and guffaws.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

Ken interjects in a flash, to chortles around the table.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2024

It’s scathing; it made me snort rage chortles aloud as I read.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2023

“What’s that shiny ring you got there? … Well, OK, I’m not gonna take it from you. That seems really precious to you,” he says as the audience chortles.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

"Mwah-hah-ha!" the evil doctor chortles, pulling on the stick.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

California competition, cheered and chortled last week when Musk announced he was moving the headquarters of his Tesla electric vehicle company from Silicon Valley to Austin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2021

Muguruza regrouped and the crowd chortled, a fitting reaction at a tournament where the outlook has been decidedly cheerful, albeit with aging star players contemplating how many sips they might have left.

From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2021

Right now, the general feeling toward Pence among Trump allies is sympathy, said one Republican in frequent touch with the White House, who chortled and said, “Poor guy.”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2021

“You should have heard yourself,” he chortled back at me, “you said ‘What country friends is this?’ in a thick South African accent!”

From The Guardian ● Jul. 9, 2020

“Gotta love it when rich people move and leave all sorts of good stuff behind,” someone else chortled.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

“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

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

When they’re pleased or excited, they emit a noise called a dook — a rapid-fire chortling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2022

Redwing blackbirds clung to reeds along the shoreline, chortling.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown