have chuckled
- present perfect of chuckle.
Example Sentences
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Xi Jinping must have chuckled at the president’s professed outrage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Even a few weeks ago, most observers would have chuckled at the notion.
From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2026
Those who knew Goldwater might have chuckled at another detail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2024
“I didn’t laugh like I was enjoying it. I might have chuckled nervously. I was scared,” Robert told The Post.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 30, 2021
Observes Green, “Cassander. . . must have chuckled at the thought of giving the Athenians, in uncomfortable practice, a taste of their own Platonic—or in this case Aristotelian—medicine, a real philosopher-king.”
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
