chortle

Example Sentences

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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, a new, more virile chortle has risen to take its place.

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2023

But the men don’t just communicate with words; they also grunt, snort and chortle, and at times the wordless exclamations form their own harmony.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 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