laughter

Example Sentences

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The audience should be taken by surprise and realize, in the middle of their laughter, just how truly clever the joke is, causing them to laugh even harder.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

“If we don’t have laughter in these moments, what do we have?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Carney was referring to a viral image of a jar of nutella floating through the Orion space capsule, and his question had the crew in fits of laughter.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

After a brief pause and a side-eye, Caroline joins in the laughter - a reminder that, however brash or independent she seems, family still sits at the centre of it all.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

The hollers of those skinny orphans at the fence, with their hateful, mocking laughter, pounded in my ears.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan