laughing hyena

How to use laughing hyena in a sentence

• This animal is often known as the laughing hyena, because of the extraordinary sounds it utters when very much excited.

  The Animal World, A Book of Natural History | Theodore Wood

• The laughing hyena had to be carried into the Ark and put to bed for fear she would laugh herself to death.

  The Cruise of the Noah's Ark | David Cory

• She took life very solemn-like—a owl was a laughing hyena compared to Mrs. Macy.

  Susan Clegg and Her Love Affairs | Anne Warner

• Fountain: "No, but you called me a laughing hyena, and said I scoffed at everything sacred."

  The Daughter of the Storage | William Dean Howells