chortle
Example Sentences
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“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
He turned to his host and whispered something that made their master chortle and lick his lips ... though there was a hint of anger in those slitted yellow eyes, it seemed to Tyrion.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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