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Example sentences for "chuckle"

Lexicographically close words:
chubby; chubs; chuck; chucked; chucking; chuckled; chuckles; chuckling; chucks; chug
  1. The pleasant chuckle with which Mr. Cutbill finished his speech was not responded to by his Lordship, who felt that the other should have accepted his compliment, without any attempt on his own part to "cap" it.

  2. Jack, as he heard the low chuckle of the small, meek, submissive-looking little man, at the other end of the table.

  3. On the stairs Cavvy heard the big, burly fellow chuckle again.

  4. His laughter trailed off into a comfortable chuckle and he turned to assist the cook.

  5. Twice he had spoken, twice or thrice he had laughed his soft unctuous chuckle as if his thoughts pleased him.

  6. Morcard's throat emitted a sound that might have been a chuckle or might have been a growl.

  7. A distinct chuckle came from Canute, and some murmur about the Ironside's chin.

  8. Yes, sir; lots," replied the big sailor, with a chuckle of satisfaction.

  9. Murray looked sharply round at the speaker, who to his surprise began to chuckle softly.

  10. Then he saw the little, friendly Glassmanikin riding round the room on a huge green bottle, and he seemed again to hear that hoarse chuckle he had heard in the Pine-grove.

  11. Still no answer, though, at times, he fancied he could hear a faint, hoarse chuckle from behind the tree.

  12. Just then a chuckle escaped the younger of the pair, and with it Dave distinguished the word, "American.

  13. Boys will alternately thrill and chuckle when reading these splendid narratives.

  14. As he concluded his work and prepared to follow his friends, his steps were arrested by a harsh chuckle unlike any human voice, but which seemed equally unlike the sound of bird or beast.

  15. So the labor leaders chuckle at this subterfuge, as they chuckle at the "continuous" passage law.

  16. Roseen jumped up from her stool with a chuckle of anticipation.

  17. With sudden horror I saw where the chuckle had come from.

  18. Her own thanks spoke themselves, partly in an hysterical sort of chuckle and sniffle, that stopped each other short, and the rebuke with them.

  19. There is a "best" to be got out of everything; but it is neither the best of place or possession, nor the chuckle of the last word.

  20. The plucky little woman had to stop here for a moment to chuckle at her own conceit, but her poor son did not respond.

  21. Okiok is a sharp fellow, and Ujarak is but a blundering booby after--" A low chuckle in the region of the lamp attracted their attention at this point.

  22. Kannoa gave a sort of lively chuckle at the novelty of the situation, let go her hold of the sledge, and made a sudden plunge at Rooney, grasping him tight round the neck with both arms.

  23. By degrees he closed the eyes, and allowed the smile to develop into a high falsetto chuckle which convulsed his broad hairy shoulders for full five minutes.

  24. He was in the act of concluding his explanation when another chuckle burst upon them from the region of the lamp.

  25. He chuckled, a nasty, throaty, mirthless chuckle that sent chills up and down the girl's spine.

  26. Once he paused abruptly when a rabbit jumped out of a clump of quaking-aspens, a hundred yards ahead, only to chuckle at his own overcaution.

  27. An unloud chuckle or series of short notes suggesting a very distant jack curlew, heard sometimes, not very frequently, when one or more birds take wing.

  28. And Billie, her little imp of mischief at work again, guessed the object of their visit and decided with an inward chuckle to keep them guessing.

  29. Billie watched her go, and then with a little chuckle resumed her dusting.

  30. The drubbin' they got at Bladensburg, even though they did win the battle, confused them," my father said with a chuckle of satisfaction.

  31. We had hardly more than started when the rain began to fall heavily, and Bill Jepson said with a chuckle of satisfaction: "Everythin' is workin' our way.

  32. And Augusta could almost feel her mother's amused chuckle through the dark.

  33. It was a surprised, and surprising, burst of pure merriment, beginning with a startled chuckle and ringing out into a clear peal of sheer joy in fun.

  34. Mrs. Dagon indulged in a low chuckle of triumph, while Mrs. Newt was overwhelmed with a vague apprehension that all her husband's wrath at his daughter's marriage would be visited upon her.

  35. Well, that is good," he continued, the chuckle rising into a laugh.

  36. Fairchild watched blankly, then turned at a chuckle just behind him emanating from the bearded lips of an old miner, loafing on the stone coping in front of a small store.

  37. Jack grinned at Nita's look of dismay and turned to Gerry with a chuckle of amusement.


  38. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "chuckle" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.