LAUGH in a Sentence

Learn LAUGH from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
327 example sentences for LAUGH, such as:
1. I resisted the impulse to laugh.
2. The last joke got the biggest laugh.
3. The desire to laugh became a compulsion.
4. His humorous remark made everyone laugh.
5. Cry myself laugh to watch my own trouble.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of LAUGH
laugh
 n.  a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
 n.  a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Ethan laid down the razor and straightened himself with a laugh.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  The name threw a chill between them, and they stood a moment looking sideways at each other before Mattie said with a shy laugh.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
3  She tossed the hair back from her forehead with a laugh.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
4  Zeena continued to look from one to the other; then she emitted her small strange laugh.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
5  She'd never, never catch another beau and everybody'd laugh fit to die at her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
6  Widows could never chatter vivaciously or laugh aloud.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
7  Their booth did not have so many customers as did the other booths where the tootling laugh of Maybelle Merriwether sounded and Fanny Elsing's giggles and the Whiting girls' repartee made merriment.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
8  Scarlett's spirits soared at his laugh and she blessed Melanie's tact.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
9  "Bring him in," she said shortly, embarrassed at her attire, infuriated at Gerald for putting her in a position where this man could laugh at her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
10  From the shadow of the porch, Rhett suddenly laughed, a low, soft laugh.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
11  In spite of all his insults, he did love her and he was just so contrary he didn't want to come out frankly and put it into words, for fear she'd laugh.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
12  Atlanta, waiting for news of the turn of battle, stopped even trying to laugh and joke.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
13  He laughed suddenly, a ringing, free laugh that startled the echoes in the dark woods.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
14  She heard him laugh as he turned away and walked back toward the wagon.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
15  For a moment she looked at it as if she had never seen it before and then she began to laugh, peal on peal of mirth that had in it no hint of hysteria.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
Example Sentence: (117 in 8 pages)
1  Life is tough, and if you have the ability to laugh at it you have the ability to enjoy it.
2  It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune.
3  I would rather have my people laugh at my economies than weep for my extravagance.
4  I love the way you smile at me, I love your laugh, so much, The way you walk, the way you talk, Your gentle kiss and touch.
5  Cry myself laugh to watch my own trouble.
6  He made us all laugh by mimicking the teacher's voice.
7  Cry with one eye and laugh with the other.
8  His humorous remark made everyone laugh.
9  Her laugh was far too hearty to be genuine.
10  We tried to laugh the girl out of that slight accident.
11  Did not hurt to laugh at other people's scars.
12  Try to laugh at it instead of getting uptight.
13  The last joke got the biggest laugh.
14  I resisted the impulse to laugh.
15  The desire to laugh became a compulsion.