laughing stock

Example Sentences

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And there are plenty of Conservatives - a quieter majority, I would say - who are relieved beyond words that the party, the government, is no longer a shambolic laughing stock in the eyes of many and is getting things done.

From BBC

One contributor at the EGM stated Welsh rugby was the laughing stock of world rugby, but insisted the blame should be laid at the WRU hierarchy and not the clubs.

From BBC

Current board members have described how Welsh rugby would be a "laughing stock" without "modernisation".

From BBC

Taking to Truth Social, Mr. Trump slammed Mr. Biden for the “really big” mistake and warned that the U.S. was becoming “a laughing stock all over the WORLD!”

From Washington Times

England's rise from laughing stock to being within a penalty kick of ending the country's interminable wait for a major trophy will play out on the stage of the National Theatre in a new production focussed on head coach Gareth Southgate.

From Reuters