chortling

Example Sentences

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“OK, I think I can,” he relents, before chortling and adding: “I seriously don’t want to.”

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2024

Soon enough, I was chortling right alongside him.

From Salon • Jun. 25, 2023

“If Rishi Sunak can’t keep his own dog on a leash how is he going to keep the big dog Boris Johnson on one?” the caller asked, leaving the radio host chortling.

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2023

When they’re pleased or excited, they emit a noise called a dook — a rapid-fire chortling.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2022

Ewell was giggling, grinning, cocking his head off to the side like a huge parrot, chortling.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara