chuckle

"I didn't chuckle, I didn't smile, I wasn't happy about it," he said.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

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

“We brought Nikki to where it all began, and she feels good in here,” Navarrette tells me with a hearty chuckle at the space that’s become a destination for “Obsession” obsessives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

He started to chuckle, but the laughter turned into a coughing fit.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

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

Holmes has never seen the routine, and gives it a few chuckles.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

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

As he unbuckles the lap belt, John Ivers chuckles.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven

Nantz clearly was in discomfort, but he chuckled about it as well.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Asked on Wednesday about the message the rate hike sent to Trump, Warsh chuckled before saying: "I have got nothing for you on a discussion with the president."

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 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

“Isn’t this the spitting image of old Ev Olson?” she asked Pa. He nodded and chuckled.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

“Because it was white, not because of his personality,” she said, chuckling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

"This is how an African dad looks at you when you pursue a career that goes against his wishes and you turn out to be successful," a chuckling Itauma reads aloud to BBC Sport.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

“Well,” Grandpa said, still chuckling, “you’ll have to admit one thing, if you ever got a monkey in this outfit, he would sure be a caught monkey.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls