chuckle
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Then the chuckle caught in her throat and turned into a quiet, hiccuping sob.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
Looking back, both chuckle at what Hibbs now calls his “fairly naive hope.”
From Slate ● 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
A shrill chuckle at the top of his throat, it quickly becomes a belly laugh, and he’s got some belly, so it’s a big noise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
He stopped waiting for her to chuckle at the funny parts or give him the smallest forgiving sign.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Thanks for several chuckles — especially your response to the reader who questioned the existence of editors at the Times: “Thats a grate queston.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
"With so many unanswered questions, gravity remains one of the most fascinating areas of research. It's a naturally attractive field," Gallardo chuckles.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Were those chuckles overpowered by groans and eye rolls?
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
Alex McKechnie chuckles at the leap of faith he took when he packed up almost all his belongings in Glasgow and booked a one-way flight to Vancouver, Canada on 7 September 1974.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
He chuckles but continues in a kind tone, "Relax. It's not going to hurt you."
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
Asked if, having gone through the journey, she would recommend it to others, Breed chuckled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Juris Jurašs, who served as a Latvian lawmaker before joining the Ukrainian military as a reconnaissance company commander in 2022, chuckled when he heard about the exercise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 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
"She saw my bracelets that I wearing and she just came at me," chuckled Joseph.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
“Eventually I would checkmate the other guy,” he chuckled when he described the experience years later.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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
Later we’ll hear a young oligarch say, while chuckling nefariously, “I have a banker’s personality. I love money!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
That set the other men to guffawing and chuckling.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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