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

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

When they’re pleased or excited, they emit a noise called a dook — a rapid-fire chortling.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2022

Still chortling, Fudge had thrown some powder into the fireplace, stepped into the emerald flames, and vanished with a whooshing sound.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling