Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guffawing
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Unexpected seatmates Momsen and Goldberg often nodded together in agreement as power suits and statement furs came down the runway, giggling at times due to Jones' commentary.—
Anika Reed,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026 -
Think of things that bring you back to the days of making handmade Valentines for your secret crush and giggling with your friends after eating way too much Fun Dip.—
Kylie Petty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Feb. 2026
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In the front of the bus, Kilgo first started chuckling softly.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Jan. 2026
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When that happens, press play on these funny Hanukkah songs that will have the whole family chuckling.—
Fiona Tapp,
Parents,
16 Dec. 2025
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But lately, there’s been less laughing and playing there.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Tell Me Lies ends with Lucy, realizing that she has been betrayed once again, laughing in disbelief.—
Olivia Truffaut-Wong,
Vulture,
17 Feb. 2026
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But after the boy’s friends started snickering, Gramps shifted to a more succinct potato reference.—
Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
14 Jan. 2026
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As the Columbus Blue Jackets were set to make their sixth-round pick in the 2008 NHL Draft, one of the club’s former scouts, Rob Riley, heard snickering among his colleagues at their table on the draft floor.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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The nightingale flew around the fox’s head, the two of them chortling in their own indiscernible ways.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
19 Nov. 2025
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Against all of this allegedly heady stuff, the score—by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross—intentionally jars us from encroaching drowsiness with chortling woodwinds and shardlike piano chords that are the aural equivalent of jagged Plexiglass off-cuts.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
29 Aug. 2025
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Here is a mom falling over cackling at the comma-rich DM her extremely funny daughter, Mandy Brooke, sent to Lil Wayne.—
Julie Klausner,
Vulture,
11 Dec. 2025
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And Winston left fans cackling with his version, which poked fun at his infamous crab leg theft from his time at Florida State University in 2014.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
4 Dec. 2025
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“Guffawing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guffawing. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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