titter
verb (used without object)
to laugh in a restrained, self-conscious, or affected way, as from nervousness or in ill-suppressed amusement.
had tittered
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past perfectof titter.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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“We want no songs about the gallant exile,” the eunuch had tittered, in that mincing voice of his.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
As Zan read, the audience had tittered, but when she concluded and sat down the younger contingent laughed outright and “How’ed!”
From The Woodcraft Girls in the City by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
"Did you hear that voice?" demanded the man who had tittered.
From Earthsmith by Stephen Marlowe
A faint, muffled sound vibrated in the damp air, as if some one had tittered lightly.
From The Created Legend by John Cournos
If it were, then it had an ally in the crowd, because the man who had tittered was laughing again, the green shock of hair on his head bobbing up and down.
From Earthsmith by Stephen Marlowe
