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
Homeric laughter shook the air; but while Mr. Haward laughed not, neither did he frown or blush.
From Audrey by Mary Johnston
But when they reached the carriages and stood still, they broke into an irrepressible, irresistible fit of Homeric laughter.
From On the Eve by Constance Garnett
Someone cried, "They're off!" and a murmur grew and rolled nearer—rising, as it approached, from a murmur into great waves—waves of Homeric laughter.
From True Tilda by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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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