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Example sentences for: chuckle

How can you use “chuckle” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

It ill behooves me, excoriated recently as enamored of the “cheap larf,” to criticize Safire's arch puns, which permeate—“enliven” is probably the word his editor would use—his articles, but I find some kinds of humor unsuitable for reading, however they might evoke a chuckle when uttered viva voce . A handful of examples, from the book at hand:
Such things can often raise a chuckle from those who appreciate the incongruity of the item and those who smirk with smug superiority.
"We're scheduling the 3,000 millennium party right now," DiGennaro assured Chatterbox, with a chuckle.
Falwell chuckled a condescending chuckle.
In fact, the sheer pronunciation of the letters in sounds like the lip-smacking yum yum or the postprandial urp and sigh provokes a chuckle.