guffaw

Example Sentences

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It’s typical of the home-state reporting corps to guffaw when their own governor is touted as a presidential candidate.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2025

But even now, the news will occasionally let you get off a chuckle or guffaw, even if it isn’t always from your better nature.

From Slate • Oct. 10, 2025

Grant’s commitment to his dastardly rogue barely goes beyond his cravat — he’d rather guffaw than feign gravitas.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023

"If I make you my cornbread, you'll marry me," he declares with a resounding guffaw.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2022

Yossarian felt terrible; he could hardly bear to look at Nately’s battered countenance, even though the sight was so comical he was tempted to guffaw.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller