Example Sentences

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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

She must have chuckled at Buffalo Bill laughing off his condition.

From Washington Times • Jan. 11, 2017

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