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

Soon enough, I was chortling right alongside him.

From Salon • Jun. 25, 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

But that doesn’t excuse mean-spirited talk of the ilk the councilmembers disgorged or tolerated — sometimes chortling.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2022

Then there was Anastasia, chortling like a teenager when Dad had flowers delivered to the house—“Just because I love you,” the card said.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper