cackling

Example Sentences

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Many plays and musicals are supposed to draw chuckles, but theatergoers today are cackling like they’re at a comedy show.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Those stereotypes might bring to mind images of black hats, broomsticks and cackling over cauldrons, common in much media.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

And if you can be cackling laughing without a full set twirling in automation, that proves that the bones of the play are solid.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2025

These fearsome carnivores, known for their splotchy fur and cackling “laughter,” form complicated social networks in which high-ranking females hold sway over males and other, less dominant females.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 29, 2024

Just then an old white leghorn hen came sailing out of our henhouse, flapping her wings and cackling her head off.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls