titter

A recognizable screen star, Gambon went out not with a Broadway bang but with a sly Beckettian titter, committed as always to the work rather than his celebrity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023

The score, by Amelia Warner, announces when to titter and when to swoon.

From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2022

But titter not, lest you be tittered, it’s back tomorrow and the cold turkey will be brief.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 5, 2021

By the time the first half of the film had been unfolded yesterday the spectators were beginning to titter gently.

From Slate ● Dec. 31, 2019

There was the slightest titter of a laugh to my left, and Brown narrowed her eyes at the guilty cadet.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

The upper keys were pressed to combine different types of laughter, from titters to belly laughs, and the foot pedals controlled the timing and duration of the laughter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

The titters would feel dismissive, except that they also fit the tone’s grand-scale terror.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025

"And there was understandably a lot of titters, laughter and giggles - but it's starting to feel like a tangible thing that could actually come to fruition."

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025

Spacey replied to titters from the gallery in the packed courtroom.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2023

The simulacrum swells, titters, and then falls into a pile of laughing shadows, their cackles falling against my ears like slivers of ice.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

The point was that Bush lacked “moral courage,” Mr. Trudeau explained defensively, though more than a few readers must have tittered at the cruelty of his word choice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

The audience tittered, uncertain if his panic was a bit.

From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2022

But titter not, lest you be tittered, it’s back tomorrow and the cold turkey will be brief.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 5, 2021

The room tittered nervously at first from the privacy of this revelation.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2018

"Now there's a weasel clever as a goat!" the fool tittered.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

SAN FRANCISCO—Alex Sorenson and Lizzie Silvers were about to tie the knot at an outdoor ceremony when a group of tipsy young men stumbled in out of the gloom, tittering at discovering nuptials in progress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

As you enter, the smell of sweat intermingles with the tittering of classical piano music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2022

Laughter can be subversive, of course, and one of the great satisfactions of these films is watching so many women laugh — often guffawing, not tittering — through one predicament after another.

From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2022

Miller’s apparent faux pas briefly brought tittering over a practical solution back into vogue.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2022

All the girls were tittering and giggling at the way Isao and Lois held hands and looked at each other.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston