Examples of laughingstock in a Sentence
The team has become the laughingstock of the league.
The mayor became a laughingstock.
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Indiana was once considered college football’s ultimate laughingstock, making headlines as the first school to lose 700 games.
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The Athletic College Football, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
For some difficult-to-define reason, this trip made Perry a laughingstock.
—Choire Sicha, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Minnesota has become the laughingstock of America — the embarrassment of our nation.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
For decades, Atherton football was a laughingstock.
—Rich Barak, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
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The Athletic College Football, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
For some difficult-to-define reason, this trip made Perry a laughingstock.
—Choire Sicha, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Minnesota has become the laughingstock of America — the embarrassment of our nation.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
For decades, Atherton football was a laughingstock.
—Rich Barak, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Laughingstock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laughingstock. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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laughingstock
noun
laugh·ing·stock
ˈlaf-iŋ-ˌstäk 
ˈlȧf-
: a person or thing that is made fun of
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