chuckle

Then the chuckle caught in her throat and turned into a quiet, hiccuping sob.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

Stupnikov answered with the words that had earlier made him chuckle: “Peanut shop.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

"As he was coming off, I said to him 'great save Nigel Martyn' because Hitchy was a Leeds fan and he had a little chuckle to himself," says Bowsley.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

In SpaceX’s case, Musk’s people at least laid out their $28.5 trillion “math,” and you could chuckle at how silly it was.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

So I just cranked up a chuckle of my own, reached out and took her hand again, and headed back out to the dance floor.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli

PETERSBURG, Alaska—For months, the tale of “Decoy Dan”—a local retired teacher running against a U.S. senator who shares his name—drew chuckles and eye rolls across this remote fishing village ringed by mountains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Josh Svetz, a Los Angeles writer and music consultant, shared a similar experience, noting laughter during both the film’s intentionally humorous moments and chuckles that drowned out moments of discomfort.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

Evans chuckles at the suggestion that today’s Dodgers are bad for the sport.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

"They don't seem to care about the midges or the rain anymore," he chuckles.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

"No disco," Annie said, as chuckles cascaded through the room.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Asked if, having gone through the journey, she would recommend it to others, Breed chuckled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Max , 32, chuckled Wednesday when informed of that wisecrack, conceding that he’s got some pretty stiff competition in his family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Xi Jinping must have chuckled at the president’s professed outrage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

"She saw my bracelets that I wearing and she just came at me," chuckled Joseph.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Lady Constance seemed to find this amusing and chuckled at her own remark.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

The filmmaker, or God, can almost be heard chuckling offscreen as the final frames roll.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Many are asking “What happened to Lindsey Graham?,” but nobody is chuckling.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

But he's just as comfortable ceding the spotlight to Little Simz, or chuckling as he trades riffs with flautist Ajay Prasanna.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

She confessed to chuckling at the governor’s memes — an over-the-top oeuvre that includes Newsom as super hero, Newsom as religious beacon, Newsom as romance-novel hunk — and his other cheeky jabs at the president.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026

Nancy, chuckling, slithered up onto the back of an enormous, leaping lion, captured by the sculptor mid-roar.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman