have been laughing
- present perfect progressive of laugh.
Example Sentences
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The 45-year-old appears to be annoyed, saying that people have been laughing at him because he’s sick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
“Some of us have been laughing about it,” an incoming Trump administration official tells Rolling Stone.
From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2024
"She would have been laughing at me all the way," he said.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2024
He also complained that Opper and other prosecutors have been laughing at him under their breath since the trial began.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
If the situation hadn’t been so dire, I’d have been laughing at the freaked-out look on his face.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
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