titter
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There’s not much more to say without giving it all away, so prepare to titter, gasp, scream and cheer for this juicy slice of indulgent women’s entertainment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025
By the time the first half of the film had been unfolded yesterday the spectators were beginning to titter gently.
From Slate ● Dec. 31, 2019
We titter and tremble over ‘fake news’ that most discerning readers, re: nominally intelligent adults, would spot on their Facebook News feeds in about a New York minute.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2018
Seven days quiz What wisecrack caused a titter before the Queen's Speech?
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2017
There was a titter through the crowd, but they did settle.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
The pair took a beat through bubbling titters from the audience before knowingly yelling, “Happy Pride everyone!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
In the Netflix film, Swan demonstrates with calipers on a life-size, anatomically correct male baby doll in a coffee shop to the nervous titters of the participants.
From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026
The upper keys were pressed to combine different types of laughter, from titters to belly laughs, and the foot pedals controlled the timing and duration of the laughter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
"And there was understandably a lot of titters, laughter and giggles - but it's starting to feel like a tangible thing that could actually come to fruition."
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025
Accustomed to seeing stiff, mortified contestants, the audience responded with uncertain titters.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
The point was that Bush lacked “moral courage,” Mr. Trudeau explained defensively, though more than a few readers must have tittered at the cruelty of his word choice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The audience tittered, uncertain if his panic was a bit.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2022
But titter not, lest you be tittered, it’s back tomorrow and the cold turkey will be brief.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 5, 2021
The ballpark tittered as the news reached social media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2019
"Now there's a weasel clever as a goat!" the fool tittered.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
SAN FRANCISCO—Alex Sorenson and Lizzie Silvers were about to tie the knot at an outdoor ceremony when a group of tipsy young men stumbled in out of the gloom, tittering at discovering nuptials in progress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Laughter can be subversive, of course, and one of the great satisfactions of these films is watching so many women laugh — often guffawing, not tittering — through one predicament after another.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2022
I also recall a lot of tittering when the prince got into a car accident while driving earlier that year.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2021
The mention of the aide’s name provoked a slight tittering in the audience of politicians and business executives.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2020
I could see Deidre and Jilly tittering with excitement.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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