laughing

Example Sentences

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For many theater lovers, it’s no laughing matter.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Gamble’s attorney, David Gespass, had already reminded me that morning that this was not a laughing matter for Gamble, who was facing jail time.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

After Lai's visit to Eswatini, Beijing's foreign ministry said he had become "an international laughing stock".

From BBC • May 2, 2026

My husband and I burst out laughing – not at that scene, or the clerk’s impromptu theatrics, but at this injection of delight into an otherwise mundane errand.

From Salon • May 2, 2026

He threw his head back and beat on his chest with his paws; then he opened his big mouth and started laughing.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls