giggle
verb (used without object)
to laugh in a silly, often high-pitched way, especially with short, repeated gasps and titters, as from juvenile or ill-concealed amusement or nervous embarrassment.
had giggled
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past perfectof giggle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The titan wriggled free to win, 20-19, even as college football had giggled once more.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 10, 2022
At first, they said, they had giggled at the idea of the show.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2020
The Witchlings had giggled as they watched a crying Mrs. Dimblewit, her face the color of an eggplant, scream, “Don’t you know who I am?!” at anyone who would listen.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
I stuck your Wraith, Oomen had giggled when Kaz had spotted him curled up on the ground.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
Yet in the doorway of the drygoods firm of Hobbs & Thompson Miner Hobbs stood wrapped in gloom; the girls had giggled for him and at him vainly.
From The Loves of Ambrose by Margaret Vandercook
