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

“You know that laugh,” he said of his wife’s great, gusting guffaw, which critics have sought to weaponize.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2024

While the typical person observes Harris’ effervescent guffaw, and thinks, “She seems fun!”

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2024

A full-body guffaw, followed by her pointing at the screen and saying, “I know exactly what he means.”

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2023

While plotting his course— where he would have to leap, where to skirt a clump of bushes—a loud guffaw startled him.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison