laugh at

Example Sentences

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Because nothing says you’re good at comedy like having to tell people more than a dozen times that the thing they did not laugh at was, in fact, a joke.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

He let out a laugh at the question.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Louise Grillmair, similarly, says that - while her husband "would laugh" at speculation that the deaths might be connected - he would also "probably talk statistically" to squelch conspiracies.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

Check the person you might want to have a laugh at is OK with it.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

“I don’t talk like the other kids. I’m afraid they’ll laugh at my accent. That happened to me when I was little.”

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney