laugh down
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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He added: "It's such a good laugh down here, with good people. They all look after each other."
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024
“I’ve had a few whoppers of experiences recently,” Pugh says, breaking into a throaty laugh down the phone.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2017
I tried to squeeze the rest of my laugh down.
From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis
He observes that "It may seem very wise and great to laugh down a weak brother; but surely it is neither kind nor brotherly."
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
But I could not laugh down the certainty that the skies were bluer, the birds’ songs sweeter, and all life more lovely than it had ever been before.”
From The Bondwoman by Ryan, Marah Ellis
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