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"a forced chuckle" is correct and can be used in written English
It is used when someone is making a false attempt at laughter, usually when they are uncomfortable, in pain, or not amused by a situation. For example, "John feigned a forced chuckle when the teacher scolded him."
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He was stiffly polite and accommodating, but he had yet to learn how disarming a forced chuckle could be.
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I nodded, faked a laugh, and then accidentally choked on my own forced chuckle.
He forced a chuckle now and then, and suppressed a sigh when asked about the "too familiar" sight of James, a $30 million investment, watching from the sideline.
10.29pm: The stimulus bill includes lots of ridiculous wasteful spending, Jindal notes, forcing a chuckle for each example to emphasise how silly it is -- including "something called volcano monitoring".
My cousin laughs loudly, but it is forced, like a chuckle off a laugh track.
It's a performative laugh, forced out not chuckled, and the initial reaction is one of annoyance.
He chuckles a bit too much, in a rater forced way, whenever he wants to convince you that some aspect of government behaviour is ridiculous.
Can you get it to LAX?" Mr. Keoghan said with a chuckle, "He was forced into saving Kaylani".
Force a few chuckles.
(Not a lot, just a chuckle).
And we were all forced... .. Jesse and Hadewijch begin to chuckle.
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