titter

Example Sentences

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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

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

We titter and tremble over ‘fake news’ that most discerning readers, re: nominally intelligent adults, would spot on their Facebook News feeds in about a New York minute.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2018

Seven days quiz What wisecrack caused a titter before the Queen's Speech?

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2017

“Mayhaps we can persuade our Domish friends to deal with Lord Connington,” Ser Harys Swyft said with an irritating titter.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin