Example Sentences

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When the colleagues finally meet, they lament Wilde’s verdict; John thunders: “The country has choked itself on ill-feeling. Gorged on misery and heavy morals. Laughed themselves sick.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2022

Not only did he fall for the blonde bombshell, but he wrote a role specifically for her in his film "They All Laughed," which also starred Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara and John Ritter.

From Fox News • Feb. 5, 2022

Laughed far more at that than I really should have.

From The Guardian • Aug. 7, 2015

The Aug. 8 offerings are the 1981 romantic comedy "They All Laughed" and the 1979 drama "Saint Jack."

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2015

Laughed, spoke, and broke my fall not as a kindness to me but because of his cold pleasure in knowing what he knew.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner