cackle
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“The sound of her humiliating cackle still haunts me,” Morticia tells her daughter, recounting the experience of her own mom, Hester, reading one of her earlier manuscripts and shaming her for it.
From Salon • Sep. 6, 2025
This invective is delivered with a sneer, a wink, and finally a cackle of laughter.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2025
The barely audible cackle of candle kept me company in a stark warehouse room, a setting that felt illicit while the small flame’s fragility reminded me that I needed to make a decision.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2025
“We come in here and all of our heads can look in like this and collaborate,” she said, adding with a kidlike cackle, “Isn’t it fun?”
From New York Times • May 2, 2024
A peculiar noise, more like a chicken cackle than anything else, came from the end of the table.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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