cackle

Example Sentences

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He pauses: “It was ancestral spirits, whatever you want to call it,” adding with a mischievous cackle, “But not voodoo!”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

This show made me cry regularly, sometimes tears of joy, and also cackle aplenty.

From Salon • Jun. 28, 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

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