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Example sentences for "guffaws"

Lexicographically close words:
gueth; gueule; guez; guffaw; guffawed; gugglet; guid; guidance; guide; guidebook
  1. Go to your place, boy, and take your vulgar guffaws with you!

  2. Go to blazes," I said, "and take your vulgar guffaws with you.

  3. Subdued guffaws rose from the porch in through the open window of the room where Molly Casey lay wide awake, the dog beside her.

  4. Guffaws suddenly rose from the little crowd by the assayer's sign.

  5. The guffaws of the two sailors at this hoary old joke caused the tourists at adjacent tables to look questioningly in their direction.

  6. A howl of guffaws greeted the last verse, and with a "Tune her up again, Tommy-boy!

  7. A squall of guffaws blew through the transom, and the Colonel was heard slapping his knee.

  8. Tom had no intention of uttering a witticism, but his words were followed by loud guffaws from all sides, even the lawyers joining in.

  9. There was a loud gust of guffaws from the woodsmen, and oaths like whip-cracks from the circle around us, menacing growls as it surged inward and our men turned to face it.

  10. A series of loud guffaws greeted the scamp-student's declaration, while the subsequent rough humor of the knaves made the listener's cheek burn with indignation.

  11. Thus, amid the guffaws of the peasantry and the smiles of the nobles, he swiftly scampered from beneath the horses' feet, hurriedly left the scene of strife, and finally reached triumphantly the haven of his tent.

  12. Countrymen whom he passed would stare at him and then burst out into loud guffaws of laughter as though immensely tickled at the idea of a man paddling down the river in a driving snow storm.

  13. He rolled on the ground in paroxysms of mirth, stood up and leaned against a tree shouting out such loud guffaws that it was difficult to tell whether it was through amusement or fright.

  14. These knocks were not so precisely simultaneous as the shouts had been, and this led to mutual discovery, hailed with peals of falsetto laughter on the part of Captain Puffin and the more manly guffaws of the Major.

  15. The humour of this joke never staled, and they parted with hoots and guffaws of laughter.

  16. Jack was almost in collapse from excitement and mortification, but Jake rolled and doubled on his blanket with loud guffaws of merriment.

  17. The chorus tittered; the spectators suffocated their guffaws as well as they could.

  18. The close attention accorded his every word demonstrated the interest in the subject, and the guffaws which greeted his sketch of the familiar character of the old 'Squair' was a flattering tribute to his skill as a raconteur.

  19. There was such a chorus of guffaws at this that no one told any more stories.


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