guffaw

Example Sentences

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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

Farther on, standing before “Pay Nothing Until April,” an exceptional 2003 painting that I hadn’t seen before, I let out an involuntary guffaw.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2023

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

My mother let out a big mocking guffaw.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2023

The cleverest and oldest girl informed Samir that Stone Fist technique was for fists, but Samir taunted them all with a guffaw.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri