How to Use laughter in a Sentence

laughter

noun
  • The audience roared with laughter.
  • The hug is warm, the eyes kind, the laughter throaty and frequent.
    Giles Hattersley, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The best way to achieve the medicine of laughter is through people.
    Sofia D'uva, oregonlive, 20 July 2023
  • With such a taste in our mouths, the laughter shrinks in our throats.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The comment drew a mix of gasps and laughter from the crowd.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 30 June 2024
  • That drew scoffs of laughter from the Democratic side of the aisle.
    Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Stephen Groves and Keving Freking The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Our guests whooped us down the aisle, and there was so much laughter and tears.
    Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Fans hold up the four fingers at the start of the fourth quarter, the sound of laughter and cheers ring in the air.
    C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Cho added, causing Penn, Cho and the crowd to break out in laughter.
    Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2023
  • This spread to the rest of the crowd, which, rippling with laughter, took a step back from the convoy.
    Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Rebel yells and hearty laughter echoes up and down the streets and into the ancient peaks cradling the town.
    Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2023
  • Here’s to 26 years of friendship and laughter and many many more .
    Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Her voice and laughter boomed across rooms or even large stores.
    Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Good satire also has to sting, and the show’s laughter never lets us off the hook.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Eid now is no longer a day of laughter, but a day of tears and longing.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023
  • But that edge is what makes the laughter that much sweeter.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Kyung Hee did the thing with her hands in front of her mouth, to contain her laughter.
    Han Ong, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
  • That weekend is filled with lots of laughter and tears.
    Grace Bastidas, Parents, 23 July 2024
  • Wishing you a day filled with food, love, and laughter!
    Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping, 31 May 2023
  • Here's to many more birthdays filled with love and laughter.
    Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 17 June 2023
  • Our apartment was once a theater of hopes and dreams, full of life and laughter.
    Kevin Lavelle, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
  • And that’s something that’s got Oliver and I through a lot, is laughter.
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The line drew an eruption of laughter from the audience.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 May 2023
  • This stuff is tear-jerking and full of laughter, and there’s a cause that’s bigger than us.
    Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Cheers and laughter erupted and echoed across the orchard and the final resting place of Mrs. Kyle.
    Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
  • As the clock struck five in the morning, echoes of laughter and applause faded into the night.
    Grace Bukunmi, Essence, 8 May 2024
  • But even then the sound of audience laughter had a big appeal for me.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The holiday table wasn’t the same after that, the laughter in the house largely stilled.
    Lucy Sante, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Novak asked after the laughter died down (this happened a lot).
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2024
  • When did laughter become such an important thing for you?
    Sean Illing, Vox, 11 Oct. 2024

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