laughter

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Recent Examples of laughter No matter where life took them, Fleda made each house a home, filling it with laughter, friends, and the unforgettable aroma of her cooking. Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2025 Kindling his broad grin and clean laughter brightened even the most discouraging day. Jim Moore, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025 Back home, to their fans and the laughter and conversations and routines shared at their lockers. Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025 Like, ‘From the folks that brought you 9/11, two weeks of laughter in the desert. Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for laughter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laughter
Noun
  • Bush are flops that remain well worth a chuckle.
    Will Leitch, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • LaKeith Stanfield is an easy standout as Parker’s best friend Grofield, a passionate actor who moonlights as a criminal to fund his dead-end theater company — some of the movie’s heartiest chuckles come from the joy Grofield takes in getting to ham things up as part of the heist.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The latter’s video focused on her seatmate, whose infectious giggles and wheezing breaths—which one commenter joked sounded like the engine—became the soundtrack to the plane fault.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The game encouraged competitive streaks, teamwork, and plenty of giggles, with parents noting it was well constructed, self-contained, and easy to store or bring along to grandma’s house.
    Emily Glover, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Rob Gibson, Easy Tiger CEO, says comedy is always a tough sell because people are worried about whether the laughs will land.
    Paul Chai, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The script has eye rolling scenes mixed with laugh out loud moments.
    Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Early never makes fun of Maddie, never lets the audience snicker at the screen.
    Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The carnage leads to a sigh of an epilogue that seems, without giving anything away, like a curious letdown, a cruel little snicker from Aster that doesn’t entirely satisfy.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 July 2025

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“Laughter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laughter. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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