guffaw
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You can never quite relax, because you're always just waiting for the raise of the eyebrow, the suppressed guffaw, the uninvited joke, whatever.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
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
“It’s good!” he insists, augmenting a mild trickle of amusement with his own hoarse guffaw.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2024
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
As the door swung shut behind him, Ned heard him say, "Lion's Tooth," and guffaw once more.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
And while much of the movie induces sidesplitting guffaws, Tremaine said that producer and co-creator Spike Jonze was eager to highlight the sensitive beats shared between the cast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
But when Amy Madigan’s deliciously wicked villain, Aunt Gladys, finally appeared in her blunt wig with lipstick smeared all over her teeth, even I couldn’t resist offering up some guffaws of my own.
From Salon ● Jan. 6, 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
As his booming guffaws filled the train carriage, Elizebeth turned her head and looked out the window.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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
“Just your name,” the girl replied, and Capaldi guffawed.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2023
And Kimmel guffawed at Fox’s attempts to spin the settlement in its favor, including a network statement that insisted it “reflects FOX’s continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2023
Fischer guffawed when he heard of it and said that he’d been expecting rougher tactics from the Russians.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
As one guffawing TikToker put it, “Tim Burton was so tired of people saying that he don’t be putting Black people in his movies that he said, ‘Here!
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2024
From beneath his silver helmet, Martin was guffawing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2022
The film, directed by Neil Berkeley, shows him puttering around his house, playing with his children and guffawing at his wife’s jokes.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2022
You can practically hear Prose guffawing over these excerpts; they provide a wonderful excuse for this superb stylist to dress up like a literary tramp.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2021
That set the other men to guffawing and chuckling.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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