chortled
Example Sentences
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When Van Peebles decided to try to make the movie himself, Hollywood chortled.
From Washington Post • Sep. 24, 2021
“You should have heard yourself,” he chortled back at me, “you said ‘What country friends is this?’ in a thick South African accent!”
From The Guardian • Jul. 9, 2020
“If they were consultants,” Wilson chortled, “they were not earning their fees.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2019
Stoya: I straight-up chortled when I was reading the question through for the first time.
From Slate • May 23, 2019
“The best part is the doofus has no idea what just happened to him,” Zach chortled.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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