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chuckling

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verb

present participle of chuckle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for chuckling
Verb
  • In the photos, Williams can be seen smiling and laughing while wearing a black dress.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
  • People couldn't stop laughing at the pup's acting performance, with some viewers even falling and defending his theatrics.
    Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The four women, studiously bent over their work, looked by turns irritated, amused, and exhausted.
    Henry Alford, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Why did Hall’s unusual habits attract so much amused commentary as the footage migrated to Instagram and X?
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The internet's heart instantly melted at the sound of a baby giggling while the family dog carefully played with her.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
  • That little red hound already had circled the trunk of this tree and, with a single, giggling bark, was off down her trail back toward the first lion.
    Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The post was a joke, and perhaps an effective one, maximizing the distance between Studio Ghibli’s tender, bittersweet, profoundly human ethos and the gleeful, dehumanizing viciousness that is Trump’s stock-in-trade.
    Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 3 May 2025
  • Brant, Willem and Bonnie are all adults now and Idol is a gleeful grandfather of four, aged 2 to 5.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Early in the leg, the teams compete against each other in a jovial bout of water jousting.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 7 May 2025
  • Trout expresses optimism about quick return Angels star outfielder Mike Trout was in a jovial mood Friday, a far cry from the understandably glum tenor of his normal injury interviews.
    Sam Blum, New York Times, 3 May 2025
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“Chuckling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chuckling. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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