Laughed
['lɑ:ft]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Laugh
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Examples
- She laughed, and the Major did too, at his droll figure on donkey-back, with his long legs touching the ground. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Meantime the whole hall was in a stir; most people rose and remained standing, for a change; some walked about, all talked and laughed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I laughed at the accident. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He laughed heartily at my feeble portrait of that gentleman, and said he was a man to know, and he must know him. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Rawdon laughed out with his usual roar. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He laughed at Mistress Affery's start and cry; and as he laughed, his moustache went up under his nose, and his nose came down over his moustache. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He kissed her, and laughed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Evelyn was the only mirthful creature present: he sat on Clara's lap; and, making matter of glee from his own fancies, laughed aloud. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Lestrade laughed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He laughed, trying to hold it in because the shaking hurt his arm. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The merry King, nothing heeding his dignity any more than his company, laughed, quaffed, and jested among the jolly band. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- She laughed again at the picture. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I laughed, as, indeed, it was impossible to do otherwise. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Rinaldi laughed. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Miss Bart laughed. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Hermione laughed in her short, grunting fashion. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Ditto, ditto, Mr. Brooke, laughed Meg, looking young and pretty again, as she nodded to him over the teapot. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Shirley never laughed at her former governess; even the little formalities and harmless peculiarities of that lady were respectable in her eyes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- You laughed--laughed in your daughter's face, where death had already set his hand--at our sufferings, then. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Whereat Miss Bella laughed a scornful little laugh and said: 'Quite enough about this, I am sure, on all sides. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- When Briggs had read the epistle out, her patroness laughed more. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- These he showed us from the drawing-room window, while his bird was hopping about his head, and he laughed, Ha ha ha ha! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Grinstone showed his teeth and laughed in her face with a familiarity that was not pleasant. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- How simple, he laughed. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Mrs Lammle, settling into her defiant manner, pushed her plate away, looked at her husband, and laughed; but by no means gaily. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She was mortally afraid of being laughed at for surrendering, after her many and vehement declarations of independence. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- At this, I don't know in the least for what reason, Mrs. Sedley looked at her husband and laughed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The crop we are going to raise is a profitable one, and Jo laughed. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He laughed, hearing himself described. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He laughed, I remember, and shrugged his shoulders, and said there was no use denying anything to a woman, for she would have her way. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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