laughingstock
Example Sentences
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Indiana and Vanderbilt Derangement Syndrome: This is really driving everyone nuts, that these two former college football laughingstocks are atop the sport and not in the basement where they’re supposed to be.
The backlash makes her a laughingstock and scuttles her career.
From Los Angeles Times
And Isaac’s lack of an appropriate neck accessory made him the laughingstock of a dinner party at John Jay’s house the night they were meant to sign the Declaration of Independence.
From Los Angeles Times
Moreover, she was neither a pitiful fool nor a mere laughingstock.
From Los Angeles Times
Last year at this time, Oakland was baseball’s laughingstock, but although there’s still plenty of turmoil surrounding the Athletics’ planned moves to Sacramento and Las Vegas, their on-field performance hasn’t been too bad.
From Seattle Times
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