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67 example sentences for CHUCKLE, such as:

1. He chuckled as he read the newpaper.
2. Miss Murdstone gave a hoarse chuckle.
3. Nikolai Petrovitch gave vent to a low chuckle.
4. 'Perhaps I do, my dear,' said the Jew, with a shrill chuckle.
5. I could hear him chuckle to himself as he read that funny article.

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 Meanings and Examples of CHUCKLE
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chuckle
 v.  call, as a hen to her chickens; fondle; cocker; laugh in a suppressed or broken manner
Classic Sentence: (64 in 5 pages)
1  The rights of Suellen and Frank Kennedy did not even enter her mind, save to cause a grim inward chuckle.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
2  She was roused by a chuckle which Mr. Dorset seemed to eject from the depths of his lean throat.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 5
3  It was a humble wife who followed the busy doctor out to the carriage, and her ambition was not to play Rachmaninoff better, nor to build town halls, but to chuckle at babies.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
4  The landlord chuckled again with his lean chuckle, and seemed to be mightily tickled at something beyond my comprehension.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3. The Spouter-Inn.
5  The forest seemed a vast hive of men buzzing about in frantic circles, but the cheery man conducted the youth without mistakes, until at last he began to chuckle with glee and self-satisfaction.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
6  The Jew rubbed his hands with a chuckle, but glanced uneasily at the box, notwithstanding.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
7  'Perhaps I do, my dear,' said the Jew, with a shrill chuckle.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
8  Holmes struck a match and held it to the back wheel, and I heard him chuckle as the light fell upon a patched Dunlop tire.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
9  He snatched one of them up, opened it, and burst out into a triumphant chuckle of laughter.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
10  Nikolai Petrovitch gave vent to a low chuckle.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
11  Gervais laughed softly with a hissing chuckle, and Speranski in a high-pitched staccato manner.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER XVIII
12  "Ben Weatherstaff," he answered, and then he added with a surly chuckle, "I'm lonely mysel except when he's with me," and he jerked his thumb toward the robin.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
13  Miss Murdstone gave a hoarse chuckle.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8. MY HOLIDAYS. ESPECIALLY ONE HAPPY AFTERNOON
14  "I wish the friends were younger," chuckled Dr. Lanyon.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE
15  As the wretched creature mumbled and chuckled in her hideous merriment, the undertaker turned to go away.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
Example Sentence:
1  I could hear him chuckle to himself as he read that funny article.
2  The banker chuckled and said, "Of course not.
3  He chuckled as he read the newpaper.