laugh at
Example Sentences
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I worked it out in my mind again and again, but I was too timid to wager a guess—what if Aunt Kate and the others laughed at my wild imagination?
From Literature
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Learn to laugh at yourself; it can signal “general intelligence and verbal creativity.”
From Los Angeles Times
"Of course, authoritarians don't like to be laughed at," he says.
From BBC
“I never felt like I wanted to laugh at them,” says Fastvold.
From Los Angeles Times
"You're not just laughing at a silly joke with a Christmas cracker," Prof Scott says.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.