Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guffawed
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Neighbors chuckled — and filmed — as Jim sprinted behind Connor’s kart, holding the rope as a makeshift safety wire.—
Jeff Gluck,
New York Times,
11 Feb. 2026 -
Meir noted his mustache was pretty impressive as crewmates Adenot and Fedyaev chuckled.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Students giggled and gasped in disbelief.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Why Don’t We alum Daniel Seavey and a group of friends giggled by a bar.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The crowd wasn’t fazed by Dillane being alone on stage and laughed often at his expletive-laced recollections on his career path.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
17 Feb. 2026
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All my classmates laughed at me.—
Judith Levy,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Feb. 2026
Verb
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For decades, American politicians and investors have snickered at the nations that gave birth to Western democracy — Italy and Greece — as examples of fiscal excess.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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Each acquisition has its logic, made with great force at the time of the announcement only to be of-course-it-failed snickered at when the sale inevitably unravels.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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The women all cackled in unison.—
Datwon Thomas,
VIBE.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Violet cackled, and the tension broke.—
Andrew Martin,
New Yorker,
14 Dec. 2025
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“Guffawed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guffawed. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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