laughters
Example Sentences
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During his absence the laughters redoubled;—but in the midst of it Maynard re-entered, and desired they would allow him to read the letter to the end.
From Adeline Mowbray or, The Mother and Daughter by Amelia Alderson Opie
He strucke upon his harpe agayne, And playd both fayre and free; The ladye was so pleasde theratt,235 She laught loud laughters three.
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
Prue's callings have ceased; the small laughters, exclamations, appeals, have died into silence.
From Doctor Cupid by Rhoda Broughton
Where hills made gibbous shadows in the moon, They heard the eldritch laughters of the wind, Seeming the mirth of death; and 'neath their gaze Gaunt valleys deepened like an old despair.
From The Star-Treader and other poems by Clark Ashton Smith
Therefore, little one, give up all these laughters and gentlenesses of thine, they are not worth much, I can tell thee.
From Flemish Legends by Charles de Coster
