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 β Apr. 18, 2026
It’s typical of the home-state reporting corps to guffaw when their own governor is touted as a presidential candidate.
From Los Angeles Times β Dec. 14, 2025
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 β Oct. 10, 2025
I will note, though, that her inexplicable full-on sprint mid-confessional at the end of the episode makes me guffaw.
From Salon β May 26, 2023
Duck had a good guffaw when he emerged on deck again.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
The name Hank McCune may be lost to history, but his short-lived television sitcom will forever be remembered for its chuckles, chortles, giggles and guffaws.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jan. 22, 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 β 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 β Sep. 29, 2025
He yells, plots, spills coffee, turns dad jokes into gut-punch guffaws, and makes the entire auditorium fold itself into a ball, shaking with laughter as much as they shake with anxiety.
From Salon β May 12, 2025
Haymitch guffaws and we all start laughing except Effie, although even she is suppressing a smile.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
It is no exaggeration to say I guffawed my way through it.
From Salon β Dec. 26, 2023
At various points, others groaned and guffawed at Mr Gaetz's comments.
From BBC β Oct. 3, 2023
Dear Amy: I guffawed when I saw a reference in your column to the parenting torture that is the game “Candyland.”
From Washington Post β Jan. 10, 2023
He chuckled along when they called him “Dr. No” and guffawed when one cast member, Tim Kazurinsky, took to interrupting skits as the prudish censor “Worthington Clotman.”
From New York Times β Aug. 27, 2021
“The next race is about to begin, gentlemen,” Mr. Whitby guffawed, punctuating the statement with a jab of his cigar, in a flourish as enthusiastic as an orchestra conductor.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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 β Sep. 15, 2024
From beneath his silver helmet, Martin was guffawing.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 24, 2022
Since 1970, Brown has been a near-constant presence in the halls of Jefferson’s Capitol — neck slung with cameras, Canon raised to his eye for a quick shot of lawmakers huddling, scratching, yawning, guffawing.
From Washington Post β Mar. 10, 2022
Many sought the community that came from marching together or sharing the party’s lager or guffawing at the same political cartoons.
From New York Times β Oct. 29, 2021
For several minutes the two gringos shot at the boulder, guffawing in the distance.
From "Lupita MaΓ±ana" by Patricia Beatty
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