had chuckled
- past perfect of chuckle.
Example Sentences
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But Punch's well-ensconced readers would not be startled from their armchairs: they had chuckled over the cartoons of rotund Cyril Kenneth Bird, 61, for years.
From Time Magazine Archive
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These Manhattanites chuckled at several jokes which they had chuckled at before, glared at several which they had never before encountered.
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Ishbel," the onetime Premier had chuckled to newsgatherers, "Ishbel has always been keen to visit the United States.
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Many had chuckled ever since at Davies' expensive "bargain."
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Mr. Gregory had chuckled at my arm waving wildly about.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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