cackling

Example Sentences

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I can practically hear those two cackling over their macchiatos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

Those stereotypes might bring to mind images of black hats, broomsticks and cackling over cauldrons, common in much media.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

In a memorable scene, she careens through town, shouting and cackling, dragging a tree behind her truck, which she sends flying through the glass front of the association headquarters.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2024

Squibb has played plenty of cackling grannies; even so, Ms. Sturak is her most unhinged.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2024

Listening hard, he thought he could hear a voice—two voices—and then, abruptly stifled, that hideous high cackling laugh.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman