Homeric laughter
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The implications of this proviso struck the German Reichstag so forcibly that Deputies clutched their quaking midriffs and the whole chamber roared with Homeric laughter until tears of mirth glistened on many a cheek.
From Time Magazine Archive
My readers will remember the Homeric laughter that greeted the publication of the two telegrams.
From The Blonde Lady Being a Record of the Duel of Wits between Arsène Lupin and the English Detective by Maurice Leblanc
Already feeling inferior because of the stand-offish attitude of the beings from the stars, the Homeric laughter of those same beings had been too much.
From A World by the Tale by Randall Garrett
The woman was declaiming with the fury of a Xantippe, while the man was answering her with Homeric laughter.
From Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist by Samuel Smiles
The measure amazed his own followers and was greeted by the Whigs with Homeric laughter.
From Beginnings of the American People by William E. Dodd
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