cackling

Example Sentences

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Many plays and musicals are supposed to draw chuckles, but theatergoers today are cackling like they’re at a comedy show.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 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

“I’m warning you, Peeves —” Peeves stuck out his tongue, threw the last of his water bombs into the air, and zoomed off up the marble staircase, cackling insanely.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling