snickering

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They’re even snickering at serious moments, distracting those around them and on stage.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

“No, I’m not,” says Emma Stone, failing to stay exactly stone-faced while pointing at a snickering Yorgos Lanthimos: “He thinks that I’m …”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

I wasn’t the only one: A small contingency of the audience at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater started snickering and laughing before he had even fully stepped onstage.

From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2023

Crystal and Taylor Probst, the wife and the daughter of cyclist Andreas Probst, said they saw Jesus Ayala and Jzamir Keys snickering to each other and making vulgar gestures toward them before Tuesday’s hearing.

From Washington Times • Oct. 29, 2023

Two of the men coughed to hide their snickering.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri