chuckle

"I didn't chuckle, I didn't smile, I wasn't happy about it," he said.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Then the chuckle caught in her throat and turned into a quiet, hiccuping sob.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

“We know how that turned out,” she said with a chuckle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

The quip got a mild chuckle out of Mastro, though not much more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

“Ain’t that the truth,” Glass agreed, with a little chuckle.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi

PETERSBURG, Alaska—For months, the tale of “Decoy Dan”—a local retired teacher running against a U.S. senator who shares his name—drew chuckles and eye rolls across this remote fishing village ringed by mountains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Award show producers seemed to scramble for hosts that didn’t already have a record of ruffling feathers and could, at the bare minimum, garner a few chuckles from the crowd.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

"I'd come here once a month for a holiday if I could," he chuckles.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

"With so many unanswered questions, gravity remains one of the most fascinating areas of research. It's a naturally attractive field," Gallardo chuckles.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

“Look as though you’ve seen a ghost,” he chuckles.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Many of these listeners chuckled aloud when Mr. Sun, having led his quartet through a pent-up and mostly atonal original composition, “Hold Music,” explained its inspiration: a 90-minute ordeal on the phone with the IRS.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Max , 32, chuckled Wednesday when informed of that wisecrack, conceding that he’s got some pretty stiff competition in his family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Etta says Leto "chuckled" at that, as if it were funny.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Baker smiled widely, nodded his head, greeted Ortiz in Spanish, chuckled and walked over to Ortiz and Vladimir Guerrero, giving each of them hugs and pats on the back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

He chuckled as he went to the fire.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye

The filmmaker, or God, can almost be heard chuckling offscreen as the final frames roll.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Soon the mordant Janice is chuckling to herself: “Now we’ve got ourselves a potboiler. A cheating husband. A mistress. A betrayed spouse.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

“You know all these other teams probably hate us,” Rams safety Quentin Lake said, chuckling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

"Brother Wang was very important. He was number one," says Enrique, chuckling knowingly.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

“No, no, I’m just the producer,” Sahil said, chuckling.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon