guffaw

Example Sentences

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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

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

My mother let out a big mocking guffaw.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2023

The riders gave them queer looks as they went by, and once Bran heard some-one guffaw.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin