titter
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There’s not much more to say without giving it all away, so prepare to titter, gasp, scream and cheer for this juicy slice of indulgent women’s entertainment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025
But the laugh still felt to me like the queasy titter of being backed into a corner, with nowhere else to go.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
But titter not, lest you be tittered, it’s back tomorrow and the cold turkey will be brief.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 5, 2021
By the time the first half of the film had been unfolded yesterday the spectators were beginning to titter gently.
From Slate ● Dec. 31, 2019
And they would titter and repeat “Vinny Boy.”
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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The pair took a beat through bubbling titters from the audience before knowingly yelling, “Happy Pride everyone!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
In the Netflix film, Swan demonstrates with calipers on a life-size, anatomically correct male baby doll in a coffee shop to the nervous titters of the participants.
From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026
The upper keys were pressed to combine different types of laughter, from titters to belly laughs, and the foot pedals controlled the timing and duration of the laughter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
"And there was understandably a lot of titters, laughter and giggles - but it's starting to feel like a tangible thing that could actually come to fruition."
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025
The simulacrum swells, titters, and then falls into a pile of laughing shadows, their cackles falling against my ears like slivers of ice.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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The point was that Bush lacked “moral courage,” Mr. Trudeau explained defensively, though more than a few readers must have tittered at the cruelty of his word choice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Twenty-four-year-old actor Sammy Mendoza tittered nervously, a chorus of giggles trailing her across a North Hollywood studio.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
The audience tittered, uncertain if his panic was a bit.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2022
But titter not, lest you be tittered, it’s back tomorrow and the cold turkey will be brief.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 5, 2021
“Crank it up, Lula,” somebody called out, and the crowd tittered.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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As you enter, the smell of sweat intermingles with the tittering of classical piano music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
I also recall a lot of tittering when the prince got into a car accident while driving earlier that year.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2021
The mention of the aide’s name provoked a slight tittering in the audience of politicians and business executives.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2020
His dramatic shift in tone was enough to turn the nervous tittering that F1 drivers always produce when put on the spot into actually taking a stand this week.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 5, 2020
Tiny microsaurs scattered in the shadows, tittering with alarm as she passed.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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