guffaw
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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 β 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 β 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 β Mar. 30, 2023
"If I make you my cornbread, you'll marry me," he declares with a resounding guffaw.
From BBC β Dec. 31, 2022
“There’s nothing like a good night’s sleep and that was nothing like a good night’s sleep,” he announced when he stirred, and gave an appreciative guffaw.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
The name Hank McCune may be lost to history, but his short-lived television sitcom will forever be remembered for its chuckles, chortles, giggles and guffaws.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jan. 22, 2026
They realized that these comments got a rise out of the girls and drew guffaws from the other boys; Amanda saw them looking around the classroom for reactions after saying something particularly shocking.
From Slate β Dec. 5, 2025
"Someone wrote their number on a tissue the other day and I was like, 'Oh no, you're just not my type'," she guffaws.
From BBC β Sep. 29, 2025
Meanwhile, Pellerin’s flinchy smiles and forced guffaws prove how much effort it takes to act effortless.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 20, 2025
The remark brought more guffaws from the others.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Still, I guffawed when Becket popped back into his present-day cell to poke fun at his audience, the Catholic priest: “The last thing the Church wanted was an investigation,” he says with a smirk.
From Los Angeles Times β Feb. 18, 2026
It is no exaggeration to say I guffawed my way through it.
From Salon β Dec. 26, 2023
At various points, others groaned and guffawed at Mr Gaetz's comments.
From BBC β Oct. 3, 2023
I lost track of how many times I guffawed during the first two episodes, which also made me tear up quite a bit.
From Washington Post β Dec. 17, 2021
As we shook hands he burst into a loud, seemingly causeless laugh; and as he guffawed I could not tell whether his mirth was directed at me or was meant to hide his uneasiness.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
As one guffawing TikToker put it, “Tim Burton was so tired of people saying that he don’t be putting Black people in his movies that he said, ‘Here!
From Salon β Sep. 15, 2024
Since 1970, Brown has been a near-constant presence in the halls of Jefferson’s Capitol — neck slung with cameras, Canon raised to his eye for a quick shot of lawmakers huddling, scratching, yawning, guffawing.
From Washington Post β Mar. 10, 2022
Asked by Jost if his parents would be “upset” about his sexuality, Yang’s Oompa Loompa gave the guffawing audience some insight into his hometown of “Loompa Land,” which apparently is “not as progressive.”
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 17, 2021
“My entire bloody career has been founded by dudes,” she said, guffawing in her apartment in England.
From New York Times β Apr. 28, 2021
For several minutes the two gringos shot at the boulder, guffawing in the distance.
From "Lupita MaΓ±ana" by Patricia Beatty
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