Sentence examples for drew a chuckle from inspiring English sources

That question drew a chuckle from Phelps last week, after he had finished competing in the Southern California Grand Prix, the opening event of the swimming season in the United States.

When this drew a chuckle from the audience, Eisner looked around the room with an expression that seemed to say, "What's so funny?" They are certainly not laughing now at the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

PORTLAND, Ore .— As Amar'e Stoudemire sat at his locker stall Thursday night, he made a proclamation that drew a chuckle from several reporters — and probably outright laughter around the N.B.A. "Defense wins championship," said Stoudemire, who like the rest of the Suns has managed the former with only slightly more frequency than the latter (never).

Indeed, in London, where "Smelling a Rat" was first put on stage in a more caustic 1988 production directed by Mr. Leigh, references to "cockroaches in Colindale" drew a chuckle from the audience; not so in New York, a city unfamiliar with the faceless north London suburb that is Colindale.

(He drew a chuckle from Governor Schwarzenegger by saying that looking at illegal aliens trying to cross the California-Mexico border on any given night with a pair of night-vision goggles is "like the start of the Boston Marathon in ponchos". Mr. Miller makes less obvious cultural references as well.

Nichole M. Christian (NYT) THE ISSUES HESTON AND GORE, ARMED -- Charlton Heston's vow as president of the National Rifle Association to defend to the death the right to bear arms drew a chuckle yesterday from Vice President Al Gore, the association's top political target.

"I am tapping my 90th year, and look at how much damage I have done by being around," she said, drawing a chuckle from the crowd.

He's full of quips, ticking off his DJ for playing beats too fast - "You're trying to kill me bro!" – even drawing a chuckle when he tries introducing another MC.

Through two hours this all feels more artificial and cooked up than involving, though the small-town locations, shot in North Carolina, look great, and the occasional line of dialogue draws a chuckle: "Ah, you've seen 'Witness,' " Hood's deputy says.

When the Central Intelligence Agency or the State Department, let alone the United Nations, was mentioned in conversation with a foreign-policy conservative, the reference would usually draw a derisive chuckle or a rolling of the eyes: those organizations had been captured by the appeasers, and could be counted on to respond insufficiently to threats.

Granted, she didn't look as grumpy as she usually does last night and she got a couple of good gags in (the one about Nadine Dorries claiming for a second home in Australia draw a genuine chuckle from me) but I get a little riled when Moore tries to bring everything back to real dog whistle stuff (like the massive tangent she went off at on sex offenders getting cautions during the PCC question).