chuckle
Example Sentences
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Michelle Obama’s famous “Kitchen Garden” passed the test, Jarvis said with a chuckle, providing fruits and vegetables for family meals — and the occasional state dinner — for years.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
“Oh, that’s cold isn’t it,” Ms. Ayres-Wilson says, with a chuckle.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Trump then said, before adding with a chuckle: "I think you could."
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
"I probably would have shut up in the press far earlier," he says with a chuckle.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
The only sound was Rasseem’s low chuckle, which hissed through the cavities of his teeth and sounded to my ears like a snake whispering the dreaded name of Cid.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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