chortle

I'll miss our chats and I'll miss catching him off guard and making him chortle.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

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

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

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness

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

“I mean it is,” Ms Barrymore said, and they chortled.

From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 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

“It sounds like something I would say,” said the humble ambassador, as he chortled out loud.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 20, 2019

“If they were consultants,” Wilson chortled, “they were not earning their fees.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2019

Bwana Mutunga chortled as one of the dogs faced him and bent its forelegs in an unmistakable bow while another hopped adorably in place.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

“OK, I think I can,” he relents, before chortling and adding: “I seriously don’t want to.”

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2024

Soon enough, I was chortling right alongside him.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2023

“If Rishi Sunak can’t keep his own dog on a leash how is he going to keep the big dog Boris Johnson on one?” the caller asked, leaving the radio host chortling.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2023

But that doesn’t excuse mean-spirited talk of the ilk the councilmembers disgorged or tolerated — sometimes chortling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2022

In minutes I hear the water gushing down the sluiceway, bubbling and chortling along until it spills out the end and strikes the paddles of the wheel just forward of its highest point.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George