laughingly
Example Sentences
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The worker laughingly asked, “Are you a robot?”
From Washington Times ● Dec. 24, 2023
Diners were laughingly interrogated, then led to a makeshift prison and asked to sing a patriotic song before being returned to their table.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
Wheeldon laughingly rejects the word “hefty,” preferring “meaty” or better yet, “epic.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
“Butterflies” was her first national television placement: Its bouncy chorus was used in commercials for what she laughingly calls “feminine products.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2023
Ten Snow put down her work for a moment to beg, laughingly, along with everyone else.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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