guffaw

Example Sentences

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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

Grant’s commitment to his dastardly rogue barely goes beyond his cravat — he’d rather guffaw than feign gravitas.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023

My mother let out a big mocking guffaw.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2023

"If I make you my cornbread, you'll marry me," he declares with a resounding guffaw.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2022

Señora Oralia let out another hearty guffaw and shook her head as if she couldn’t believe what she was telling us.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez