cackle

Example Sentences

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“The sound of her humiliating cackle still haunts me,” Morticia tells her daughter, recounting the experience of her own mom, Hester, reading one of her earlier manuscripts and shaming her for it.

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2025

The men heard a cackle in their headsets as the radio signal to Mission Control faltered and then failed.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

“We come in here and all of our heads can look in like this and collaborate,” she said, adding with a kidlike cackle, “Isn’t it fun?”

From New York Times • May 2, 2024

Ask 72-year-old farmer Huanchun Cao about his pension and he reacts with a throaty cackle.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2024

She’s silent for a moment, and then a loud cackle escapes from her, which gets me going again.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez