laughters
Example Sentences
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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 Coster, Charles de
When she cam to the Netherbow port, She laughed loud laughters three; But when she cam to the gallows foot,75 The tears blinded her ee.
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
In the fourth stanza for "sudden laughters" of the jay was substituted the felicitous "sudden scritches," and the sixth and seventh stanzas were suppressed.
From The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Collins, John Churton
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 Opie, Amelia Alderson
As if some younger singing notes cried out, As do mischievous boys— Startling their playmates with a pained voice, Or sudden thrilling shout, Followed by laughters, full of little joys.
From The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems by Victor, Frances Fuller
