Example Sentences

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Somewhere in New England, a snowplow driver is chuckling.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2022

I'm sure John Boehner is chuckling mordantly at the thought of his former Freedom Caucus nemesis' little dilemma as he sips his glass of Merlot on the back nine.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2021

Stuart is chuckling: “I can hear him shouting, ‘There’s Chilean engines in here!

From The Guardian • Nov. 1, 2018

Crowd around the press pen is chuckling at this spectacle.

From Time • Jan. 20, 2016

“And what—” Aibileen is chuckling, trying to talk at the same time.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett