last laugh

Example Sentences

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His nature is to win and to wound and to get the last laugh.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

Though early in forecasting both the bursting of the internet bubble and the bear market during the global financial crisis, Grantham had the last laugh.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026

Yet the doomed queen has had the last laugh in the form of an extended afterlife.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

But England's tormentor-in-chief Starc had the last laugh, enticing an outside edge from an angled ball to wicketkeeper Alex Carey at full stretch.

From Barron's • Jan. 4, 2026

I got the last laugh when I caught the same train 5 minutes later and rode it all the way to Oakland.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer