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

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

The manager, a chortling woman full of a seemingly uncontrollable happiness, told her, “Great! Wonderful to talk to you! You'll hear from me soon!”

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie