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 ● Apr. 18, 2026
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
“You know that laugh,” he said of his wife’s great, gusting guffaw, which critics have sought to weaponize.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2024
While the typical person observes Harris’ effervescent guffaw, and thinks, “She seems fun!”
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2024
The man in the gray suit laughed a guffaw of a laugh.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
During her first appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” in 1977, the host got huge guffaws from his studio audience by inviting Parton to “Sit down and take a load off your feet.”
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
And while much of the movie induces sidesplitting guffaws, Tremaine said that producer and co-creator Spike Jonze was eager to highlight the sensitive beats shared between the cast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 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 ● 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 ● Sep. 29, 2025
Haymitch guffaws and we all start laughing except Effie, although even she is suppressing a smile.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
Still, I guffawed when Becket popped back into his present-day cell to poke fun at his audience, the Catholic priest: “The last thing the Church wanted was an investigation,” he says with a smirk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
It is no exaggeration to say I guffawed my way through it.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2023
At various points, others groaned and guffawed at Mr Gaetz's comments.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2023
“Just your name,” the girl replied, and Capaldi guffawed.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2023
Malfoy howled with derisive laughter; Crabbe and Goyle guffawed stupidly.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
We’ve reached a point where the guffawing has to stop.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2024
If you are then brave enough to tender an invitation, the entity will obligingly possess you while your guffawing friends, smartphones at the ready, gleefully capture its disturbing, sometimes embarrassing behavior.
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
From beneath his silver helmet, Martin was guffawing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2022
You can practically hear Prose guffawing over these excerpts; they provide a wonderful excuse for this superb stylist to dress up like a literary tramp.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2021
“You know what to do,” Chief said, and his guests laughed, three guffawing, knowing men.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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