cackle
Example Sentences
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If you don't know her, you're likely to know her famous cackle which has become her trademark.
From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025
“The sound of her humiliating cackle still haunts me,” Morticia tells her daughter, recounting the experience of her own mom, Hester, reading one of her earlier manuscripts and shaming her for it.
From Salon • Sep. 6, 2025
The men heard a cackle in their headsets as the radio signal to Mission Control faltered and then failed.
From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025
Dafoe says with an unmistakable raspy cackle over the phone.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024
A peculiar noise, more like a chicken cackle than anything else, came from the end of the table.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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