chuckle
verb (used without object)
to laugh softly or amusedly, usually with satisfaction.
had chuckled
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past perfectof chuckle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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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.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ishbel," the onetime Premier had chuckled to newsgatherers, "Ishbel has always been keen to visit the United States.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Many had chuckled ever since at Davies' expensive "bargain."
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Gregory had chuckled at my arm waving wildly about.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
