chortle
Example Sentences
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If Kate DiCamillo wrote a book about a box of Swiffer refills, it would probably make us chortle and sob about lint.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2023
Now, a new, more virile chortle has risen to take its place.
From Slate • Aug. 10, 2023
The rest of us will be content to drool at each of Bertha's fabulous dresses or chortle at Agnes' quick comebacks.
From Salon • Jan. 25, 2022
He could wail and whimper, chortle and coo, often dropping his microphone midsong and finishing the verse in a naked roar.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2021
A little accented voice rose from Zeke’s knee with a chortle.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
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