Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guffawed
Verb
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Still riding the adrenaline of beating Canada to claim the USA men’s hockey’s biggest win since 1980, players chuckled along with the president.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
26 Feb. 2026 -
Monday morning inside the Tigers clubhouse, McGonigle chuckled and shook his head when told his father had been interviewed.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
24 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 vice president and speaker of the House smiled, laughed and rose to their feet, applauding with many in the gallery.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
25 Feb. 2026
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Most of the men’s team laughed.—
Theodore Tollefson,
Twin Cities,
25 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 5 Mar. 2026.
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