guffaw
Example Sentences
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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 • 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 • Oct. 10, 2025
While the typical person observes Harris’ effervescent guffaw, and thinks, “She seems fun!”
From Salon • Aug. 10, 2024
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
Yossarian felt terrible; he could hardly bear to look at Nately’s battered countenance, even though the sight was so comical he was tempted to guffaw.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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