laughingly

Example Sentences

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In the film, her children laughingly remember their mother as a force of nature who made them aware of the needs of the broader world when their father was no longer there.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2024

The worker laughingly asked, “Are you a robot?”

From Washington Times • Dec. 24, 2023

Diners were laughingly interrogated, then led to a makeshift prison and asked to sing a patriotic song before being returned to their table.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2023

Wheeldon laughingly rejects the word “hefty,” preferring “meaty” or better yet, “epic.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2023

They laughingly followed his directions, everyone, that is, but the two women who were sullenly holding the banner.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole