laugh at

VERB
  1. subject to laughter or ridicule
    The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher
    The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house
    His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday
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How To Use laugh at In A Sentence

  • Her partner deceives her, but she doesn't know it; her children fail, but she is told they succeed; she believes she has the admiration of others, but they laugh at her behind her back.
  • Note, Scorners that laugh at what they see and hear that is above their capacity, are not proper witnesses of the wonderful works of Christ, the glory of which lies not in pomp, but in power. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)
  • When you laugh at politicians, all you do is channel righteous anger into passive hilarity. Times, Sunday Times
  • ‘I try my best to suppress my policy wonk instincts, but I don't always succeed,’ he admits, with a knowing laugh at the stereotype he so ably fills.
  • We shouldn't blame, laugh at and envy anyone. We should be colorful in the sunshine, run in the winds and rains, dream your own dreams and go your own way.
  • They'll both end up with peerages for distinguished service to British football/fashion and people will laugh at their youthful misdemeanours.
  • He would sneak around at night and set up jokes and tricks and then laugh at the staff members who got caught in them.
  • Precisely, my diaphanous polyandrist; but it isn't quite your own affair what you laugh at -- not if I know it! The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker
  • No man can laugh at the idea of esper powers, as the so-called enlightened once did. The Zero Stone
  • Laugh at your ills, And save doctors' bills. 
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