chuckling 1 of 2

present participle of chuckle

chuckling

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adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of chuckling
Adjective
So Cali sucked her teeth, chuckling. Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025 Forbes walked away chuckling to himself. Luca Evans, Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chuckling
Verb
  • Xi was also pictured laughing with Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in China.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
  • One of the producers actually fell off his chair laughing.
    Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The dogs react excitedly, their noses pushed against the glass and their tails wagging furiously, as their owner can be heard giggling behind the camera.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The singer also added clips of the women giggling with each other over meals at the villa and out for dinner at restaurants.
    Erin Clack, People.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The Tour pro Tommy Fleetwood, meanwhile, seemed more amused than upset.
    Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Lanthimos and cinematographer Robbie Ryan stage and shoot said home invasion like a Jacques Tati sequence — that is to say, from an amused, ironic distance that watches humans squirm and scramble without intervention.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • There is certainly a layer of ick that pervades this often gleeful depiction of the 1989 murder of Jose and Kitty Menendez by their sons, Lyle and Erik, and the media circus that followed.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2025
  • What follows is a gleeful parade, perfect for viewers who always wanted to meet the high school star crush whose posters adorned their bedroom walls.
    Michelle Kung, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • While others, such as greyhounds, engage in highly competitive sport, wiener dog racing is meant to be a jovial activity strictly for entertainment.
    Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2025
  • McAvoy turned to old friend James Corden, who rocks up as a jovial beatboxing music exec initially sceptical of Silibil N’ Brains’ real roots.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Chuckling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chuckling. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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