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.
was giggling
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past progressiveof giggle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“It was the first time he’d ever heard it go out over the speakers at a radio station, and he was giggling and he started dancing and jumping up and down,” Dees said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2024
“It was the easiest thing in the world for me to do, and I was giggling while I was doing it.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2023
"Lestat's blood was giggling inside me; teasing my senses, illuminating the District with overwhelming detail, as if I'd walked my entire life as a dead man," Louis says.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2022
But no one was giggling Saturday when Leo Thornton, a 22-year-old from Illinois, arrived at the Capitol with a backpack, a suitcase and a sign that said, “Tax the one percent.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2015
Of course Webb, he doesn’t know cool from fool, so he was giggling away the whole time.
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
