chortle

Example Sentences

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“I am trying to say it publicly to make sure he sees it,” Rogen says with his trademark chortle.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2025

If Kate DiCamillo wrote a book about a box of Swiffer refills, it would probably make us chortle and sob about lint.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2023

Now, a new, more virile chortle has risen to take its place.

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2023

The rest of us will be content to drool at each of Bertha's fabulous dresses or chortle at Agnes' quick comebacks.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2022

Though we talked quietly, the waitress heard, and her high chortle was quickly muffled in the kitchen.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin