guffawing

present participle of guffaw

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for guffawing
Verb
  • Humans and great apes have been giggling in similar ways since branching off the evolutionary tree, a new study suggests.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 June 2026
  • The two brothers were spotted giggling during a ceremonial carriage ride.
    Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • And The Rest Is Football(Netflix, YouTube) is the latest podcast to make the leap to the small screen, with former England internationals Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, and the ever-chuckling Micah Richards serving up a daily helping of World Cup analysis alongside the usual chummy banter.
    Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 10 June 2026
  • Baffert watched it all on his laptop from California, chuckling as the board showing the horse’s price flaked out momentarily.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • There are companies creating life-like avatars that can fill in for you in virtual meetings, nodding at the right time and laughing when someone tells a joke.
    William Arruda, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • On April 24, 2022, the model shared a cute candid of themselves on Instagram, leaning into one another and laughing.
    Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • However, there is no rule prohibiting snickering in private.
    Judith Martin, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
  • But after the boy’s friends started snickering, Gramps shifted to a more succinct potato reference.
    Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 14 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Regime leaders must be chortling over their surprising and unearned new international legitimacy.
    Daniel B. Shapiro, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
  • The nightingale flew around the fox’s head, the two of them chortling in their own indiscernible ways.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 19 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The shocker, of course, is activated via remote control, held by a cackling Knoxville.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 26 June 2026
  • Without hesitation, the Thunder players merged, all cackling simultaneously.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 27 May 2026
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“Guffawing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guffawing. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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