chortling

Example Sentences

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“OK, I think I can,” he relents, before chortling and adding: “I seriously don’t want to.”

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2024

A large crowd, boisterously enjoying a dip whilst chitchatting and chortling, or a quiet night at home with nothing but your dip and a ton of chips and crudite.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2024

Jesters on social media have already begun chortling about this movie’s minimalist title.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2023

A romance that can make a reader laugh aloud is a treat, especially if that book causes uncontrolled chortling in public, or punctures the silence of an otherwise quiet space.

From Washington Post • Dec. 3, 2022

Malfoy was talking animatedly to Crabbe and Goyle, who were chortling.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling