cackle

Example Sentences

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When I saw this image of the would-be Poot matriarch for the first time the other day, my first reaction was a hard cackle.

From Salon • Jun. 29, 2025

This invective is delivered with a sneer, a wink, and finally a cackle of laughter.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 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

“You will not take Winterfelir “Aye, we will,” came a cackle from the high table, where Amolf Karstark sat with his son Arthor and three grandsons.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin