laughably

Example Sentences

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As is the case throughout, the questioners—the chairman, played with snide malice by Michael McKean, is flanked by two “investigators”—are pious, bullying and laughably disingenuous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

Four decades on, Von Mierers appears laughably obvious in his public-access TV pronouncements; he even uses several “Star Wars” quotes, like “Do or do not, there is no try,” unironically.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

“So this notion that anyone got rid of Gail to help any client is laughably stupid on its face.”

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Sometimes multiple cars would have the same plates; sometimes the numbers were laughably fake: ABC1234, for instance.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

And after we discovered irony, whenever we came across any laughably bad work, we’d go: “Oh yes! Straight to the Gallery with that one!”

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro