laughter
Example Sentences
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“He claimed that he intended it merely as a joke to provoke attention and laughter,” according to the affidavit.
From Los Angeles Times
"Elsa is a beautiful little girl, a raucous bundle of excitement and laughter," family court judge Carol Atkinson said this month, giving her foster family the green light to begin the process to adopt her.
From Barron's
The hollers of those skinny orphans at the fence, with their hateful, mocking laughter, pounded in my ears.
From Literature
“This is an attempt to try to make a very rough and unkind world filled with a little bit more love and laughter,” Poehler said of her show’s mission.
At the time, his pronouncement was met with blank faces and stifled laughter.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
