laughing stock
Example Sentences
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In a July 4, 2013, email to Nikolic, Epstein wrote: “Bill risks going from richest man to biggest hypocrite, melinda a laughing stock, pledges will disappear as a result.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
Owner of logistics and supply chain company PS Forwarding, Jason Bona, told the Today programme the incident made Heathrow a "laughing stock" in the global freight community.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2025
"We would have been the laughing stock if we'd gone with capsules like that. So we killed the project for 24 hours."
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025
In fact, he was featured in several Hollywood pictures that he wasn't interested in and felt the movies made him a laughing stock.
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2024
“Tommy,” I wanted to say to him, “you’re going to make yourself a laughing stock all over again. Imaginary animals? What’s up with you?”
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
