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

“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 civilian let out a chortle of delight.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein