laugh something off

Examples of laughed

laughed

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

In their view, classes that laughed readily ranked highly in terms of cohesion, while classes in which students were reluctant to laugh rated poorly.
We argued a bit and laughed a lot and the fire of his writing and character warmed my heart.
English which would not be laughed at in any part of the country.
How can one illuminate when one is ignored or, at best, laughed at?
In between times they told stories, laughed and told more stories and sung songs.
When the man in the night-shirt walked past once more, the women laughed again, and another male resident sitting in the lounge laughed with them.
Accordingly, it can still be laughed at, and is.
They expected to be outraged and, when they duly were, they laughed happily.
Spitting stains people's houses and one time when the anti-heroine laughed the clothes of the girls sitting beside her also became spotted with red stains.
Perhaps it is the result of long periods in the wilderness, when mainstream linguists - particularly computational linguists laughed at their efforts.
She threatened to call the police, but one of her assailants laughed and told her that several of them were the law.
The day after beginning paroxetine treatment (day 19 after admission), he became talkative and laughed frequently in conversation with his family.
He had a suspicion that he was being laughed at.
It appeared as if a gentleman's slumbers had been disturbed, though the nightmen laughed and declared it was a lady's voice!
I tried them on bananas - some liked them and asked for more, others made awful faces and the rest laughed.
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