TITTER in a Sentence

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For TITTER, below is one of 26 sentences:
They tittered politely, but they did not move from the social security of their circle, and they did not cease staring.

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 Meanings and Examples of TITTER
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titter
 n.  laugh in a restrained, nervous way; giggle
Classic Sentence: (21 in 2 pages)
1  As she returned to her work she heard a titter pass down the tables.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 10
2  There was a titter in the courtroom; the officer who was holding Jurgis put up his hand to hide a smile, and the magistrate smiled without trying to hide it.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25
3  But he made a sad business of it with his unsteady hand, and a smothered titter rippled over the house.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
4  It was Budge the publican; but so disguised that even cronies who drank with him nightly failed to recognize him; and a little titter of enquiry as to his identity ran about among the villagers.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 10
5  The curtain went down on a titter and some groans.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
6  He struck the flags again and tittered while his head trembled with a slight nervous movement.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
7  He moved the umbrella in indication and tittered again.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
8  A lady standing close to her tittered.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5
9  The choir always tittered and whispered all through service.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
10  Amy and Louisa Eshton tittered under their breath, and looked a little frightened.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
11  They tittered politely, but they did not move from the social security of their circle, and they did not cease staring.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
12  Albert tittered, skipping round the soap box.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
13  But the celebrated cinema jester's conceit of dropping toads into a soup-plate flung her into unwilling tittering, and the afterglow faded, the dead queens fled through darkness.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
14  Fern longed to go to school, to face the tittering, but she was too shaky.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
15  A low, tittering laugh went among his fellows.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
Example Sentence:
1  The titter that rippled around the room appeared to abash the boy, but in reality that result was caused rather more by his worshipful awe of his unknown idol and the dread pleasure that lay in his high good fortune.
2  Her aunt's constant titter nearly drove her mad.
3  Mention sex therapy and most people will titter in embarrassment.
4  A couple of the younger teachers tittered at his smutty jokes.
5  The congregation being fully assembled, now, the bell rang once more, to warn laggards and stragglers, and then a solemn hush fell upon the church which was only broken by the tittering and whispering of the choir in the gallery.