How to Use titter in a Sentence

titter

1 of 2 verb
  • But be ready to titter away at its unbelievable twists and turns.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • As each skated and waited for their scores to post, the crowd tittered with nervous unease.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The gala attendees titter demurely at their tables in their tuxedos and gowns.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 June 2026
  • As Hedda’s actions grow more extreme, the audience could be heard tittering.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The band finds their footing in the song’s first minutes — tittering cymbals, a piano line, a knotty electric guitar, and chanted vocals in Spanish and French build like a symphony.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Occasionally, breakfast proceedings would be interrupted by a cheeky monkey sitting up on the rafters, and staffers would be on high alert with their wild gesticulating, causing tittering among diners.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026

titter

2 of 2 noun
  • But not one single titter, giggle or full blown gale of laughter erupted from my mouth tonight.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Even its occasional attempts at campy tongue-in-cheekiness seldom raise more than a titter.
    — Arthur Knight, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
  • And from there, titters occasionally came out as the unleashed host moved on to one of the highest forms of comedy, muskrat humor.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 23 May 2026
  • Meyers acted his dang butt off in this sketch, and the audience paid him back with unsure and hesitating titters — not crickets, but not enthusiasm either.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Naturally, the announcement of a second location sent the travel industry into a titter.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026

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