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

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

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

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2022

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