guffaw

But even now, the news will occasionally let you get off a chuckle or guffaw, even if it isn’t always from your better nature.

From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2025

A full-body guffaw, followed by her pointing at the screen and saying, “I know exactly what he means.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2023

Farther on, standing before “Pay Nothing Until April,” an exceptional 2003 painting that I hadn’t seen before, I let out an involuntary guffaw.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2023

My mother let out a big mocking guffaw.

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2023

He laughed, an over-hearty guffaw, and her parents promptly laughed as well.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

They realized that these comments got a rise out of the girls and drew guffaws from the other boys; Amanda saw them looking around the classroom for reactions after saying something particularly shocking.

From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2025

"Someone wrote their number on a tissue the other day and I was like, 'Oh no, you're just not my type'," she guffaws.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025

He yells, plots, spills coffee, turns dad jokes into gut-punch guffaws, and makes the entire auditorium fold itself into a ball, shaking with laughter as much as they shake with anxiety.

From Salon ● May 12, 2025

The lawyer’s sally induced guffaws, a courtroom flare-up that Judge Tate’s dour gaze soon extinguished.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

It is no exaggeration to say I guffawed my way through it.

From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2023

At various points, others groaned and guffawed at Mr Gaetz's comments.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2023

Even those who experienced tribulations far worse than mine, cheered and guffawed with bottles of Champagne in hand, dressed in their most outrageous, albeit crusty, Burning Man finery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2023

Dear Amy: I guffawed when I saw a reference in your column to the parenting torture that is the game “Candyland.”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2023

Around her, the theater crowd guffawed and cackled as three microraptors that had been adorned with flowers and fruits cavorted in ridiculous circles across the stage.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

We’ve reached a point where the guffawing has to stop.

From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2024

Grinding axes can be funny, and several times I caught myself guffawing in public, then regretting it privately.

From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2023

About an hour later, however, I was guffawing so hard at Anderson’s everyday observations, endearing familial impressions and lithe, in-the-moment wit, that he started heckling me for being too enamored with the show.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2022

Asked by Jost if his parents would be “upset” about his sexuality, Yang’s Oompa Loompa gave the guffawing audience some insight into his hometown of “Loompa Land,” which apparently is “not as progressive.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2021

I can almost see Karly and Sal sitting there, guffawing as I speak.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler