laughing stock
Example Sentences
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After Lai's visit to Eswatini, Beijing's foreign ministry said he had become "an international laughing stock".
From BBC • May 2, 2026
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
He told the BBC: "LGR is dead. The government has just folded. They made themselves a total laughing stock."
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
“You think about two years ago, three years ago, four years ago or one year ago, we were a laughing stock all over the world.”
From Salon • Sep. 27, 2025
She said he was making a laughing stock of himself and everybody associated with him.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
