chuckle

"As he was coming off, I said to him 'great save Nigel Martyn' because Hitchy was a Leeds fan and he had a little chuckle to himself," says Bowsley.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

I suppose that’s how I played it,” he said with a chuckle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

In SpaceX’s case, Musk’s people at least laid out their $28.5 trillion “math,” and you could chuckle at how silly it was.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

"Good afternoon. I heard you missed me. Here I am," Melania said with a chuckle as she opened an event in the White House Rose Garden.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

He giggled, and the giggle turned into a chuckle, which grew into a hearty laugh that sounded wet and loose.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

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

Many plays and musicals are supposed to draw chuckles, but theatergoers today are cackling like they’re at a comedy show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026

He chuckles but continues in a kind tone, "Relax. It's not going to hurt you."

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman

Juris Jurašs, who served as a Latvian lawmaker before joining the Ukrainian military as a reconnaissance company commander in 2022, chuckled when he heard about the exercise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 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

Baldoni and his wife smiled and chuckled through the nearly five-minute long video released on Instagram on Wednesday.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

“Your first line’s coming up. Terrifying. And I remember I said my first line and Meryl sort of chuckled quietly, and I was like, Thank God.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

Josie got a lump in her throat, but Lucinda chuckled.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

“Because it was white, not because of his personality,” she said, chuckling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

"This is how an African dad looks at you when you pursue a career that goes against his wishes and you turn out to be successful," a chuckling Itauma reads aloud to BBC Sport.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Many are asking “What happened to Lindsey Graham?,” but nobody is chuckling.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

“I suppose we could do worse,” Mr. Mosley said, chuckling.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly