had laughed
- past perfect of laugh.
Example Sentences
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Anna had laughed at the idea, saying it felt more like something you do when you're a hundred.
From BBC ● May 2, 2025
Years ago, when I told him I was pregnant with her, he had laughed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
Milan director Paolo Maldini had laughed off suggestions midweek that Pioli’s job could be on the line, just eight months after leading the team to its first Serie A title in 11 years.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2023
One first-year UF student, who spoke on the condition of anonymity so as not to affect her school performance, said her classmates had laughed off the email as “so silly” and “out of the blue.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2023
In a furious whisper he said that when he attempted to kiss his father before going to bed, his father had laughed: ‘Don’t you think you’re getting too old for that sort of thing, son?’
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
