“He always sounded pretty horrible, right?” she says, laughing. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

If ever beyond hope you return to the lands of the living and we re-tell our tales, sitting by a wall in the sun, laughing at old grief, you shall tell me then. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He looked around to see who was laughing. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was putting his key into the door of apartment 271, and he was laughing softly. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

How could you be angry at someone who was laughing. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sees the Quit Man slowly plant a huge movie-star kiss on her lips and then put her down, laughing. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I’m going to hang up on you, Jam threatened, laughing. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

His head was thrown back and he was laughing. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

She was so excited she started crying and laughing all at once. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The bigger, stronger cub was not frolicking with a tender, laughing female two-legs, being fed tidbits of meat in a pleasant sunlit open place. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I noticed Abby rocking and singing with me, and we both cracked up laughing. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

For a second, Finn almost saw her, Roza, crouched in the plants, laughing at him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Malachy will fall down on the floor laughing because such a thing could never happen. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was so relieved to see him I burst out laughing. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Lily laughed, which made me laugh, and then Nathan was laughing, too. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He’s laughing now, arms coming up around Alex’s shoulders to squeeze him to his chest. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

With its loud roaring, the north wind seemed to be laughing at us. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever Harry passed Quirrell these days he gave him an encouraging sort of smile, and Ron had started telling people off for laughing at Quirrell’s stutter. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Harry saw the boys’ mother waving and their sister, half laughing, half crying, running to keep up with the train until it gathered too much speed, then she fell back and waved. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly they stood up and sidled closer to the laughing man. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

That congratulatory conversation is occurring instead among the laughing guards while their dogs lie on the ground, finally quieted, chewing bones. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

For the first time in weeks and weeks, Harry was laughing: He could feel the weight of tension leaving him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“He’ll need it, the skinny little shrimp!” a girl said, laughing. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

More wizards were joining the marching group, laughing and pointing up at the floating bodies. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Queen Gertrude came up to me and, laughing, chucked me under the chin. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Lizzie looked at him, and it seemed as if she might start crying again, but this time, she’d be crying and laughing at the same time. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

When we walked in, all of my major-subject teachers were sitting around a huge conference table, drinking coffee, laughing, grading papers. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that perhaps she was laughing at me, at my life. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Swinging behind a tree he shouted “Hah!” triumphantly and giggled crazily, sobbing, laughing, panting with his chest tight and stricken with pain. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t laughing, and I was trying my best not to lose my temper. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Cain began laughing, and she felt the reverberations of his steps as he walked around the ring. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“They spending eternity in the same place,” he told me, laughing. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

All her friends were laughing and egging her on, and when I got in her face for talking about you, she said she was kidding. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“That’s what you said to me. Just because you’re smart enough to go to college doesn’t mean you have to make fun of me. I’m sick and tired of everybody laughing at me.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody was better and laughing and talking a mile a minute. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

All that day they walked about, in the woods with him, singing, and laughing; for Quickbeam often laughed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Keisha hangs over the table laughing while Albert looks like I stuck him with a pin. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Dad tried too, but he couldn’t look at Byron without laughing and shaking. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she had seen him riding beside Lannister far too often, talking in low voices and laughing at some private joke. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I don’t call him anything,” she said, “but I think of him as the laughing man.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ve had it used against me. No laughing at Percy, now. Most swordsmen have to work years to master this technique.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I watched as he arrested Yusuf, who burst out laughing at the irony of it all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the week, Pita got up and hobbled about the courtyard of Hacienda Dorada, clapping and laughing at the girls as they chased mariposas around the wide, robust bougainvilleas. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Right away they were both talking and laughing. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I thought it was pretty funny how she was rolling her eyes and laughing at me anyways because you know how I love to pulverize my already sketchy self-esteem? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But the next thing I hear is Brick and them laughing. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I could hear her laughing and joking with my sisters as they packed things. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered those strange noises she and Tony had heard, how they’d run away in fear, and then fallen down laughing. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Do you know they have already renamed the Rising Sun Bar?” she asked, laughing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

As they walked back toward Parliament Square Briony was light-headed and still weak in the knees from laughing so hard. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I don’t turn around to look, but I’m sure Angel’s watching, laughing her head off. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

They threw me back in the cell laughing. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was thrashing about and laughing and I tried to get up. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ask her what’s happening under the sea,” I said, and we all died laughing. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Theodora laughed in a little continuing cry, laughing on and on thinly, and said through her laughter, “I looked back—I went and looked behind us...” and laughed on. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

She walked by the El Fidel, that day she quit, and she could hear them laughing and whooping it up inside, so she knew they were Indians. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She and Leah looked at each other for a second, then both started laughing like hyenas. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was laughing and jostling to their places. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

For a second Dill feared she would start laughing. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Roy Lee started laughing, not because my fall was particularly funny, but because he was so exhausted he had turned giddy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

All around her were whispering, laughing, otherworldly voices. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The little ones horsed around in the back, teasing, wrestling, tickling, quarreling and laughing, while Dicey studied the map. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

That, I’ll take to my grave: I was on the ground laughing, Assef straddling my chest, his face a mask of lunacy, framed by snarls of his hair swaying inches from my face. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was flushed and laughing by the last kiss, suddenly shy again, but it made no matter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They turn hysterical, laughing and squirting tea out of their mouths, Jesus love him, says Bridey. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Unlike last night, they weren’t laughing or joking around. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I handed him the sack as his cousins kept laughing and yelling at him. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

May sounded so normal and happy right then, I couldn’t imagine how she’d gotten the way she was—one minute laughing and the next overrun with everybody’s misery. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he found another source of food,” he suggested, laughing. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Richard picked them up and tried to hand them to her, but she threw them at him, and so they all just took off, laughing and breathless. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

We’re side by side with each other, laughing while we massage our aching elbows and legs. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They were smoking and laughing like something was really, really funny. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In the picture, she was laughing so hard I could almost hear her, and her arms were out as if she were waiting for me to run into them. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look on the bright side,” she said, laughing and pointing to the half of me covered in dark berry juice. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You’ll find this is no laughing matter. Take that ’at off, see?” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Tom talked incessantly, exulting and laughing, but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She bent down and shook it, laughing helplessly, then invited him to follow her into the house. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra did her best not to burst out laughing again. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Worm busts out laughing and says, “Dang, who you? Somebody’s momma?” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

At meals, we often packed ten or more around a table, laid-back and laughing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A few even giggled, as new uglies always did when tried to keep quiet Were they laughing at her? Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Yellow Kettle, her mother, was quick-tempered but always laughing, and her eyes shrewdly took in the world. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

How can I explain dragonflies do somersaults in my stomach whenever I think of the noisy room full of mouths chewing and laughing? Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I bite my tongue to keep from laughing. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it feels like old times, the three of us laughing at something that isn’t even funny. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I thought she might twist my ear, but she surprised me by laughing. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I couldn't stop laughing, either; I was trying hard to stop but failing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When the dog saw I was laughing at him, he wet on the rail, scratched with his back paws in the dirt, and dashed off, trying to get me to play chase. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The Doctorita making jokes and laughing at something and singing along with romantic songs on the radio and knitting her Baby Jesus dresses. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there he found himself, like a piece of washing hung up to dry, with everyone laughing at him. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Why is it that when they were laughing in the house or smiling at the picnic table, that they couldn’t tell him about this whole “coming back” business, whatever it means? A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The people are laughing and cheering and whistling. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Very funny. Notice how I’m about to die laughing.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They start smiling and laughing and throwing punches at each other. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

They could’ve kicked me into jelly, but they were too busy laughing. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Carlos razzed, still on get-back from Shannon being slick and for laughing at my basketball crack. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was all very well having a rule about not laughing at Toby, but it wasn’t always easy to stick to it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I thought he was laughing because his shoulders were shaking, but then he put his palms on his eyes and I realized he was crying. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She finally stopped laughing and took a breath. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The telegram boys along the wall are laughing. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Are you saying you were laughing at me?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I had the uneasy feeling that he was laughing as he darted, flipped, buckled, and disappeared. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her nose leaked a few drops, which started everyone laughing harder. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help wondering if they were sometimes laughing at me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“The ship. It came from the sky again, landed, and the tall man stepped out and talked to me, telling me little jokes, laughing, and it was pleasant.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody was laughing, shouting Nice one and Way to go, fumblehands and You sure you haven’t been in there drinking the communion wine? The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I let him die laughing,” said the man in black. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But they were all singing now and laughing, and Winn-Dixie was snoring, so no one heard me. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

All around me is laughter, coming from the Dauntless tables, but I am not laughing, I cannot possibly laugh at this. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Doesn’t feel right to be laughing when I’m dead. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

‘You did indeed!’ said Gandalf, laughing suddenly; and he came and stood beside Pippin, putting his arm about the hobbit’s shoulders, and gazing out of the window. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Chile!” she said to Blaine, who hugged her and lifted her slightly off the floor, both of them laughing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He could hear Anton and Sully laughing behind him, knew exactly the look on Harry’s face, even though he couldn’t see it. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I was thinking that if I were at somebody else’s house, we’d be rolling on the floor and laughing at this. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Edie, I’m not laughing at you. I would never do that.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then we play the whole thing again, double time, missing notes, ending with a giant crescendo, splattering the keys, and laughing like maniacs. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The visitation is also a good time for laughing and remembering funny stories about the deceased. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

"You laughing yet? You failed to consider that in the British navy an officer has the right to execute a sailor who is a danger to an operation." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Jefferson and the girl were laughing when Jessie marched straight up to him and punched him in the arm. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of thing Mary would shake her head about, laughing to keep from crying, with Thomas Byrdsong, a black engineer who had come to Langley in 1952. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

His nose is flat against my chest and pointing up at my chin and I feel sorry for him because he’s dead and the world is laughing at him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

A boom box played mellow indie rock as they all sat around their campfire eating and talking and laughing. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Peckleman stood next to the blazing fire pit, laughing hysterically. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The laughing workers didn’t notice—they tossed a few more taunts at him and walked on—but Doon knew instantly what he’d done. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The birds circled over Edward’s head, laughing at him. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

I see myself in the back of the truck, singing with the girl, though I’ve never sung before, laughing when I am off-key, climbing trees to pick the apples, always peaceful and always safe. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Denna didn’t notice, as she was busy tripping and falling over into a loose, laughing tangle of arms and legs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Gerrold was a lean, tall youth with sun streaks in his hair and laughing blue-green eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I better get my hands on that!” says a third, laughing. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The other boys, laughing and noisy, would soon be rushing down the hallway. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Richard has his arms around both girls now, pinching them on the waist, laughing as they squirm. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The whole bus be laughing now cause Minny don’t like nobody talking bad about her white lady except herself. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Oh you are?” he said, laughing a slow, rumbling laugh that said, Oh child, you have no idea what youre getting into. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

We watched as the children acted like children, jumping around, laughing at everything, screaming at nothing. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Just like a little kid, making a snow angel and laughing and laughing.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He made his face fake-somber and crossed himself before laughing and driving away. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“What are you two laughing at?” asked Ginny’s mother, who had come out to the front porch. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Now that I can picture,” I said, laughing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we’re laughing so hard, neither of us cares that we’ll have to come up with a new idea for the competition. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

And while she was laughing I rang the bell. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

They were standing at the bottom of the porch steps, talking and laughing about something. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“She can come up if she wants to, even without laughing—and she knows it.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

That smell, and the quick laughing kiss she gave me did more to ease the dull ache of Ben’s leaving than all the entertainments combined. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’m laughing and the cold invades my lungs. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not a nude, but a picture of her crouching in the garden, laughing as a butterfly flitted by. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“They came down from outer space with ray guns, but I fooled them by wearing a wig and laughing in a foreign accent, and I escaped.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“Your bow tie!” she hoots, throwing her head back and laughing. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The way it’s supposed to be, with all of us together, laughing and teasing one another and whatnot. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just keep laughing,” Bigger said again, taking out his knife. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if the noise was just in my head, but Grover had stopped laughing too. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Kids came in laughing and talking in little groups but I didn’t look up. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He didn’t even realize he’d fallen asleep until he heard his mom laughing and saw the early morning sun lighting the apartment. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“You are the dirtiest of the dirty faces,” she had said, laughing, in reply, and given him the first bath he ever had. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

But nobody was ever really laughing at Needles. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

When he heard Lina and the others laughing, his face darkened. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I can hear them laughing by my locker, though, and can’t figure out why they think they can get to me with my mom. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She said it in a shy way, laughing a little. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Connor made a sort of laughing gagging sound beside me, and I said, “Remind me to never eat the coleslaw here again.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Home is Dad on the TV couch and a boat with no engine and a rich kid laughing while he cuts my traps. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Bernabe felt like laughing, yet instead he set his face in a glower, hoping to drive this one-armed poet back into the heart of the revelry where he belonged. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A snort escapes, which sets my dance partner to laughing, which makes me laugh harder. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Chris and I were lying in the bed laughing like crazy. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

One winter day we ran through the house as usual, chasing each other up and down the steps, laughing and shouting, daring Miss Lilian to come after us with her broom. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Emily waited a beat, expecting a punch line or her brother to start laughing and take his words back. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Why? Why would you sit there in the dark, laughing, doing that?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

With a shudder, Percy realized she was laughing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“How he must have enjoyed it,” she said, “signing his name in his own blood; I can see him laughing his head off.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The laughing girl, the girl who chopped wood and danced in the dirt and talked to pigs and carried dressers and grew enough vegetables to feed a city would leave? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“The land of genius,” Olanna repeated, her face in that delicate phase between smiling and laughing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then everybody began laughing, including Merlyn eventually, and seats were sent for so that they could sit down, and bottles of wine were opened so that it should not be a dry meeting. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell that even Mrs. Cordell was fighting not to break out laughing. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear the voice as soon as I walk into the children’s section at the library, and when I turn around, a group of guys bust up laughing. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He heard a strange rumbling, different from before, and it took him a minute to realize the monster was laughing. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

His laugh is so contagious that I can't help laughing, too. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In their midst, watching and laughing with his young queen by his side, sat a ghost in a golden crown. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Dicey tried to remember the last time she heard Sammy laugh, and that had been laughing at Maybeth because a doll she made out of sea grass had been washed away by a wave. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not hear his brothers and sisters laughing on the rooftop, or see the tiny, dusty, cluttered room in which his grandfather read. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a bubbling sound and gooey blood pours outta the gash in Aaron’s face and I realize he’s laughing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He was patting a tall skinny guy on his back and laughing. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

They were throwing bricks through store windows, laughing and jumping, thinking it was some kind of game, some kind of holiday. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Watched them walk away together, talking and laughing and rubbing each other’s shoulders. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

They were following her now, a group of them, laughing and stumbling over one another up the stairs. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

We’re standing just in front of the store when two black teenage girls walk out laughing with each other. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

When my father got mad, it was not a laughing matter. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nod slowly, waiting for Boy21 to start laughing, for Coach to come running in with the rest of the team, pointing at me and howling at the elaborate practical joke, but that doesn’t happen. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Mrs. Weston, laughing, “perhaps the greatest good he could do them, would be to give Jane such a respectable home.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

She picks up the remote and pauses the video, so it’s just a shot of me and Khalid, laughing together. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

From where they squatted by the hearth in their attic they could hear the carefree laughing, singing, and sometimes drunken quarreling of the officers billeted at the Afric Queen. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry heard talking at the door, and someone laughing, and Uncle Vernon answering curtly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Now I can see that unknowingly I joined them in laughing at myself. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Our sense of humor,” said Mother, her eyes pooled with laughing tears. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

That meant Mom was in a better mood, too, laughing and kidding around the way she used to do. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I run to Will, our bodies colliding, our feet giving way as we tumble to the ice, laughing as we land together. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He saw her smiling broadly at him, almost laughing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘Tou guys," I said, laughing, continuing to walk, “are crazy, man." Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about it. Just don’t park next to my car,” Mr. Kinkade said, laughing. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Jack and Connor are still way ahead of us, laughing and speaking in pirate voices—off on a mission to find some gold in this gray landscape. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“You might just as well go around saying: ‘Don’t fight people,”’ causing the rest of the tribe to fall about laughing at the intrinsic ridiculousness of the notion. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He stopped laughing and stared at me, completely confused. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could remember laughing- at myself, or at something he said. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Here's some advice. Stay alive," says Haymitch, and then bursts out laughing. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Otherwise all was as always: the music was tootling, the ladies were laughing, the children were going round and round.... Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“I know sometimes you like to carry her around in the water, splashing and laughing. But that’s not the same thing. And now it sounds like you’ve given up, quit on her.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Once he stumbled and went down in the water, but he came right back up, laughing and spluttering and spitting out seawater. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

And every time, there was a laughing girl ghost who sat on his lap like she was his sweetheart. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Even though she was laughing just a few seconds ago, I think she might be crying now. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help laughing, which made Poll swear, and Aunt woke up and scolded us both.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quite a few passersby had stopped to watch by this point, smiling and laughing at Ambrose’s little show. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I took stuff from little kids. I pushed them off swings. I got a detention at school because I wouldn’t stop laughing. I rang doorbells.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

That first morning, Obinze noticed that the other men, drinking coffee from paper cups and checking the board to see who would be working with whom, were laughing at Nigel. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The crowd of students thins, laughing and talking on their way to the next class. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“A gal’s a funny thing,” she said, laughing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her figurehead showed a laughing woman holding an infant by one foot, but the woman’s cheeks and the babe’s bottom were both pocked by wormholes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The cafeteria was noisy with kids laughing and talking sometimes in English, sometimes in Spanish, and sometimes in a combination bouncing back and forth between languages. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He ran laughing to the blockhouse, his long legs pumping. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I started laughing; I liked it when she trashed them. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Her breath caught tremulously, and then she was laughing with Hannah. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

When he reached them, he snorted as if laughing. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But they were laughing like travelers crossing a great river on a tattered rope bridge, finding that the rotted boards beneath their feet were, for the moment, holding. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She could not help laughing as she passed him, and with a feeling of triumph she beat him to the boat. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Being in that store with all those shoppers laughing at me dragged me back into the gym showers. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then I saw a couple guys coming out of the bathroom, and one of them pointed and started laughing at me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then he saw she was completely at ease, grinning and talking with her escorts, and Leo realized that the mermaids were laughing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

At the last, the two of them were laughing so loudly they were almost paralyzed by their own silliness. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rex dangled it some more, laughing, and then tossed it into the woods. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We’d had fun the whole day, riding the rides, laughing, and talking. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

She has spent half the exam time drawing surreptitious cartoons of various teachers in the school, which she shows to me on the way home, laughing her exaggerated laugh. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the majority sat around laughing and waiting for the sun to get friendly again. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Frank, dear, I do love you,” I said, and he turned rather pink, a little shocked I think at my impulsive words, and a little hurt too that I was laughing at him. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t too good at this because I used to burst out laughing. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

They stood loafing on the corner, telling jokes and laughing. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Better not stand there too long,” the man called, laughing. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

They were laughing and talking in low voices until they saw me, and then they stopped talking but kept laughing. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Then they fell against the hood of the car laughing. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to tell whose story they were laughing at, they were doing so much chattering. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

But from the way Mrs. Baker was laughing, you couldn’t tell that anything was wrong. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Momma’s hand came up to cover her mouth but she got serious when she said, “Joey, I don’t want you to be the laughing ‘sock,’ but I don’t want you catching a cold. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took that off, and I kept laughing and said he still had on too many. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They kept exchanging glances and laughing, and although they pretended it was for our benefit, it was clear they were remembering for each other. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t laughing, but she wasn’t telling people to stop either. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Jaimito dances with me, bouncing up and down, wobbling his head and clapping and laughing. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the girl with the long hair who had frowned at her friends for laughing. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He pantomimes each activity like some sort of deranged mime, and I can’t stop laughing. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The boys were on their side of the classroom laughing, and I joined in with the girls on our side, singing “I’ve Got You Babe.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

There are two girls holding beers and sort of dancing, and a group of guys laughing, and lots of people holding drinks or holding hands. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

They were drinking that lovely water, or waiting in line for more, or talking and laughing. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say that to myself, Charlie, but whenever we meet and you tell me something and look at me in that impatient way, I know you’re laughing. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He heard Frank Churchill next say, with a glance towards Jane, “I will give it to her—shall I?”—and as clearly heard Emma opposing it with eager laughing warmth. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“It wouldn’t have been so great if we hadn’t found the money,” Candice said, laughing. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dimple may just have been laughing at the goofy expression on his face. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The roar of activity increased, a cacophony of shouts and whistles and jeers and laughing. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t particularly loud about it, but it was Miles laughing, a sound no mortal had ever heard before. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“No help from Super Poodle today,” Sully said, still laughing. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

When it feels like no air can ever pass through our mouths even though they are wide open from laughing, the Blob finally lets us go. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Would she still be laughing when she realized that I had taken something from her suitcase? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

If the boy could not be without laughing and play, let them steal to fill their bellies. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

They stand watching each other in silence as a laughing group moves through the hall on the other side of the statue. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m not making a million rands, Mama,” I said, laughing. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She guffawed overjovially, and Dimple had to bite the inside of her cheek to keep from laughing at Seema’s frozen expression. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Some kids were doing scales, some were getting their music arranged on their stands, but most were chatting and laughing. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The difference between laughing your head off and shouting your head off is that with one you are happy and with the other you are angry. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Your dirty butt still in here," I said, laughing. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

One slide I remember showed a beautiful laughing girl with a black mole on her cheek. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“That’s what happens when you try and make an omelet from a peculiar chicken egg!” said Millard, out of breath and laughing. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

‘You look like a negrito,' she’d say, angry, sorry to be angry, frustrated almost to laughing, scorn. ‘You know how important looks are in this country. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man with a big red nose is telling the jokes and two younger men are laughing at them. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is not what you think,” Ash objected, laughing. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were all still laughing when the temporarily blind William Spiver stepped on the cord of the little shepherdess and tripped. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Was he still laughing at me, was it all a joke? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And he, chuckling and laughing, said back, “Add two each year, and I know the number, is it so?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I was genuinely apologetic for laughing and even more deeply regretful of the situation I had put myself in. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

My heart felt all melty, butterflies were wreaking havoc in my stomach, and I felt scared and exhilarated and like laughing and crying all at the same time. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Some adults and kids sit in chairs spread around the room, talking and laughing. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would say stupid things, and all the time the team started laughing. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Yes, you will die,” my coach agreed, laughing. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

So they would start laughing, often at Luke’s expense, and he couldn't defend himself because he didn’t know what they had said. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was laughing uproariously as he trudged away. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

There was no Uncle Willie or sizzling pot-bellied stove, but there was Mother and her laughing friends, and they amounted to the same thing. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A minute later, as I wait in line for the bathroom and stare out at the beautiful Pennsylvania landscape, I get that feeling again—like I want to bust out laughing. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The chaos of Ketterdam was unchanged—ships unloading their cargo at the docks, tourists and soldiers on leave pouring out of boats, laughing and shouting to each other on their way to the Barrel. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Children had opened fire hydrants, and danced, laughing and splashing water on themselves. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of kids milled around, talking, laughing, and inspecting the winning entries. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Three of the men started laughing, but the smallest one was rattled; he lifted the rifle and aimed it at us. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then they were laughing, the species of laughter that often comes as a bridesmaid of violence. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it was over we were both laughing and trying in vain to brush it all out of our hair. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“I have the same one,” he says, laughing. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

We were both laughing so hard we could hardly speak. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

We sat inside the truck, laughing, trying to catch our breaths. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I hear the laughing in back of me. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

She could almost hear him talking and laughing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He was embarrassed and wouldn’t look me in the eye, but he was laughing, too. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

LaPautre, slowly picking up his things, turned to the laughing family in a state of bewilderment. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It went on and on, everybody was laughing and laughing. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Knights with his livery—three laughing birds emblazoned on their tabards—stand at attention in the hall. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There was Link, seated among my attackers, laughing, joking with them, behaving as though he were a regular member of the group. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Really laughing, and he found himself exhilarated by simply walking the earth. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother interjected, laughing, “No silly, your grandma didn’t get married. The miracle concerns you.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad kinda laughing cause whatever, farm life, you know? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She thought she heard a faint voice in the wind, laughing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Clarence flew ahead of us, stopping to wait on tree branches, looking down at us and laughing and laughing. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Dylan looks me in the eye, and he’s not laughing. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Thomas turned to see his original pursuer still coming, though it had slowed a bit, clasping and unclasping a metal claw as if mocking him, laughing. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Still laughing, he threw the helicopter screws into gear, accelerated, and was gone. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. You seem to be half laughing at me all the time.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Everyone is really laughing, and I don’t get it. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

In the fading twilight, a thousand people, perhaps more, milled around talking and laughing. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

We walked along a rock path of what she called succulents, a word that for some reason I couldn’t stop laughing at. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The twins tore for the front door, and Toby followed, laughing just as hard. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Near the water fountains, a bunch of boys are gathered together, laughing. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I liked Harry and kept him laughing all day. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up ahead, I can hear Mom laughing at something Connor said. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Our weight was such that after they let us go, we spun faster and faster, laughing so hard we felt dizzy and sick. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I tried to grab him, and he dodged and then broke out laughing. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

They walked silently past slamming lockers and laughing students. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

White Deer gave us a little statue of the Buddha-to-be, a happy, laughing god who would exist in the future when all mankind had been liberated from the material world. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the back of the bus, I hear a group of boys laughing, the way boys do when they are in a big group. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I grab on to Will’s hands as we slip across the surface of the ice, laughing as we struggle to keep our balance. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I can still hear us laughing, still smell the warm aromas of baked chicken and fresh bread. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

And the black men were not laughing and shouting the way they usually did. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found myself laughing crazily as I ran. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I hear laughing in the background, above rap. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Viserys was weeping, she saw; weeping and laughing, both at the same time, this man who had once been her brother. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Afterward, they returned to the long tables where each squadron sat beneath the squadron emblem, pouring drinks, laughing, the spirit of the evening inoculating them slowly. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dived in the sand at Piggy's feet and lay there laughing. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

And I don’t even know what came over me—but I started laughing and laughing and I couldn’t stop. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I cover my mouth to keep from laughing. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Pinch howled and leaped up, mad, packed more snowballs together and set off after his laughing sisters. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

My second wish was that the laughing man would be gone, or asleep, or at least distracted by someone or something else when we walked by. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Another followed—this one of him laughing at some joke I’d just made. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I could imagine them now, talking excitedly, laughing in the little kitchen. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

All around the smoking room, gentlemen seemed to be standing in clusters laughing and clapping each other on the shoulder. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You looked at me like you’d believe anything I said. Man, you was scared . . .” He leaned against the wall, laughing again, stomping his feet. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was too busy laughing, making all the noise. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They shot pictures of Bull Connor running around shouting into his megaphone like a well-seasoned war general . . . fighting an army of laughing, dancing children. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I find myself laughing out of disbelief, and Jacqui screams out of excitement. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

One afternoon a group of black boys and girls were standing about outside playing, laughing, talking. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I peek through the door, there’s Rosa in her wheelchair, laughing with two other girls in wheelchairs. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

They had begun to stomp the floor and I was laughing and bowing my head now unashamed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then about a fortnight after Lenny had gone, the two of us were sitting in my attic room some time after midnight chatting over mugs of tea, and Ruth got me really laughing about Lenny. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We looked at each other, our cold, wet clothes clinging to us, our hair dripping, and then burst out laughing. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Romans lounged in groups of ten or twenty, talking and laughing while wind spirits—aurae—swirled overhead, bringing an endless assortment of pizzas, sandwiches, chips, cold drinks, and fresh-baked cookies. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Instead of this making her stop laughing, it makes her laugh more. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Albert,” I say, poking the side of Keisha’s leg, and she—by some miracle—stops laughing. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

There were shadows all around me, laughing, jerking, mocking. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I followed their lead, and after two bong rips, I started laughing and couldn't stop. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He quickly folds his legs and scoots back, shaking his head and laughing. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

This riddling figure with flinty eyes isn’t the Locke who stood on the rooftop of his estate and spoke so gently to me or who chased me, laughing, through its halls. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As Chucha would say, the hunchback laughing at the camel’s hump! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

There are still kids in the building practicing sports and participating in clubs, and some of them sit outside on the steps talking and laughing. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We all sighed with relief, wiping our tears with the backs of our hands and crying and laughing at the same time. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I knew they were laughing at me, but if they thought I cared, they didn’t know me. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“They were going to give me,” he was almost laughing, everywhere but in his eyes which continued to oppose all he said, “they were going to give me a discharge, a Section Eight discharge.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d see him headed out all dressed up, and everyone would be laughing at him. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And he shuffles up the lane laughing away to himself. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And whenever I'm not laughing at those fools, I'm boxing. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

After a while they both scolded us and thanked us and curtsied before they left, laughing. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back when I still walked home with Sal, it was easier to pretend that the laughing man didn’t scare me, because Sal was pretending too. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

We play fast and furious for several minutes, neither of us missing, sometimes making such ridiculous jumps to get the ball that Eden falls over laughing. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I am laughing because Calvin is jumping up and down. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I was not sure if he was laughing or crying. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the night hit my face, I felt like laughing. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several persons at the party were laughing among themselves, saying that at an earlier party that day, U.S. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cried from laughing over the door alarm incident yesterday. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Sarai remembered laughing with her, long ago, when they had all properly been children, and she didn’t think she had been. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Now I really am laughing, covering my mouth with my hand, because it’s such an unsatisfactory letter, which in turn makes it so much like Bas: solemn one minute and ridiculous the next. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I can hear everyone screaming, laughing, and clapping as I walk out the door. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Even from behind the curtain, I can hear Elizabeth’s brother laughing, her confident voice in reply, and the sounds pull me back to that lonely, hollow feeling I always get on Halloween. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I open a cabinet and am greeted by a dozen candles, all of them the color of buffed leather and accented with a gold stamp of Balekin’s personal crest—three laughing black birds. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They lock arms and then burst out laughing. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I started laughing, not even because I thought he was being that funny but because I wasn’t in the mood to stay mad anymore. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She keeps laughing long after I stop tickling her. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Farmer translated this for me and laughed and, still laughing, drove on. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Threw our bags down and bent over gasping for air and laughing. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Near the barn, Shmuel and the other men stood smoking and laughing at one joke after another. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Underwood was shaking Ob’s hand and laughing at something Ob had said. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

A single warning creak; then there they all were, waist deep in mud and carp, laughing, their shoes unglued. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been on his way home from his first day in the Pipeworks when he’d come across the cluster of people gazing up at the roof of the Gathering Hall and laughing. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She starts laughing and laughing, showing us her very neat and clean gums while she howls: “Ooooooh, I got you! I got alla you!” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Always he felt someone was laughing at him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I hear the boys at the table, laughing and talking about who they would date and who they wouldn’t. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Dad was doing his best not to explode laughing. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Navid was now laughing at my face and I realized then that I must’ve looked ridiculous, standing there with my scarf bunched awkwardly on my head. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I try biting my lips from the inside, but before I know it, I’m laughing right along with her. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

On the way back to his desk, he slapped hands with one of the black shirts. he said, laughing. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

We were caught up easily, Mirren, Johnny, and I—feeling the power he conferred in picturing us at Harvard, the specialness of asking our opinions and laughing at our jokes. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

She splashed some water on him, laughing, and he realized that she would not always need him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I try to get the swing going myself but all I can do is move it back and forth and I’m angry because Freddie and Malachy are laughing at the way I can’t swing. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“But sometimes? Sometimes, you remember every detail. Sometimes they are so real that if you were laughing in your dream, you wake up laughing. And if you were crying, you wake up crying.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Somebody broke into my phone’s weak security, faked Hideo’s voice, set me up—he’s probably laughing his head off right now. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She cracked her whip over his head and down he came, head-over-heels, cursing and laughing. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Kwang himself was talking, laughing, pointing, taking every hand he could, slowly roping through the crowd down the church steps toward the street as if carrying himself on a human vine. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked in the mirror to see Isabelle and Celia stumble in behind her, arms around each other, laughing and swaying, clearly drunk on something besides life. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Joy to the Heart said, laughing, “Come along. I’m sure he’s waiting.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

An hour ago we were laughing and catching up. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

An herb basket garden hung from the high wooden beams, and the room was full of Redemption’s family, loud and soft and laughing. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The airplane came down so low that I could sec those men were laughing. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Emily has always sucked up to Julie, even if that means laughing really hard at her dumb jokes or chiming in when she puts everyone else down. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

It means she’ll see me watching TV, but not really watching, just staring and not laughing, as I don’t do my homework. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“What does the goose mean?” said Meg, laughing and trying to look unconscious. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew when I stood up, the girls would be laughing, and my dad would be back to his reading. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Three teenagers pass laughing and Max watches them with great intensity. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The other, a homeless man, lay across the bench laughing and talking to himself. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Warm and sunny, with beaches and laughing faces. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The room goes library quiet, and then all of a sudden, Rock cracks up laughing. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Then a few minutes later, when I’d forgotten all about Miss Lucy and was laughing my head off at something, I suddenly realised things had gone quiet around us, and that Miss Lucy was speaking. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next thing she knew she was crawling, scrambling uphill on all fours like a dog as the good folks of King’s Landing made way for her, laughing and jeering and applauding her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Theresa began to talk about moderation, and how too much laughing upset the digestive process, but that was funny too. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie backs away from the boys laughing in the hallway, drops the bundle. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The old man’s eyes were dancing, as if he couldn’t decide whether laughing would cost him his customer or not. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The little boy is laughing now, his dark eyes shining in the light of the fire. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Moon Orchid was just like that, laughing at nothing. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I thought the laughing man wasn’t on the comer, but then I saw him sitting on the wet curb, leaning against the mailbox and just watching me walk toward him. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, you’ve just put me to shame,” he said, laughing under his breath as he lifted his dagger higher. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I turn away and see Noah holding his trumpet, Jax laughing. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Once the teachers separated us, Kim and I looked at each other and started laughing. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last, there was a group of kids laughing and chanting, “Butterball.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

You either had to scream and cry or laugh and I started laughing. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

But the Bomb only starts laughing, and the Roach gives her a playful shove. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I’d catch the flicker of television light coming from my parents' room and hear them murmuring quietly, laughing to themselves. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And then they danced, the two of them careening around the deck, swinging, smiling, laughing, giddy for now under a blue Seattle sky. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Curious, then, that both were spotted laughing it up at Duboise’s sprawling woodland estate. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The laughing man was still asleep with his head under the mailbox. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I could tell he liked her laughing at his joke. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Bryn, exhausted as she was, lay laughing at the surprise and the sight of them. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I heard shrieks of laughter coming from the other cooks but I can promise you I wasn't laughing myself. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

She wished things could just go on as they had been, the four of them in the woods, laughing and playing without a plan. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I burst out laughing because the whole thing is so revolting I can't stand it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Silverware hopped as Beans and Mutto pounded the dining room table, laughing. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see his face, but I could hear him laughing and crying and saying something muffled by June’s shirt. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He started laughing then, a deep, booming laugh. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

No, instead of laughing, I started blubbering into the phone, crying like a kid getting a polio shot. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A thousand people texting and laughing and squirming in their seats. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

After all these years, Ivy recognized his laughing blue eyes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Yes, manang!” said Virgil’s mother, who was in the middle of laughing. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was the sheer awfulness of the thought, or maybe it was hunger, but Alex found himself laughing for the first time in weeks. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

But Samuel had put up a laughing wall against natural laws, and Una’s death breached his battlements. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Well, I think she was laughing at me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Shay laughs, but I don’t think Jessica knows Shay isn’t laughing because of the robes. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

They are both crying openly, laughing at the same time, and I bite my lip, trying not to cry. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t get past Callum’s stupid comment, plus all the laughing. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The blurry-faced girl tilts her head and lets out the creepiest laugh—it sounds like multiple people are laughing at once. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The twins were both laughing, but even then they were liable—and the perfect height—to take a swing at your crotch. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Sitting down again, she held it out to Lon, who began laughing quietly. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Father and Mama looked at each other and burst out laughing. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The others started laughing, but Percy didn’t mind. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was a very comforting feeling thus to remove myself from the world I imagined was laughing at me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes she can’t hear the phone over all her cats,” Toby said, laughing even though it got no reaction. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Snow-covered fir trees grow straight up out of the floor and huge ice sculptures of dancing penguins and laughing polar bears fill up the spaces between the candlelit tables. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

As we turned the corner I looked back and saw him standing there, watching us, and he waved his hand and he was laughing. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

"Thank heaven my audience is not made up of such sobersides. Sander, see that this lad is given instructions in laughing." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Aunty Uju said, laughing, and then lay on her back, legs spread and held high, an old gossip magazine beneath her, while Ifemelu worked with a shaving stick. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

So they already knew each other and sat together, but then I kept seeing them touching each other and laughing at all these inside jokes. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He looked as though he was laughing at himself and the way he was dressed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to turn and face him, but instead fell off the couch, laughing as she lay there. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Peh!” said the man, dismissing her with a noise halfway between laughing and hawking spit. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Cigarette and cocktail glasses held like batons flew in the air directing the symphony of chatter, shrieking, singing, and laughing. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And a young German saleswoman laughing at every joke. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Could it be they were laughing because the maid was announcing him? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he had everybody hooked and laughing at his stories about the good old days. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I think so. She was with some other women and they were laughing as they walked away.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

And that made you smile even though you still had some snot in your nose, and it didn’t take long before we were both running and laughing like usual. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He had laughing eyes—like Smokey Robinson’s and as if there was a joke going on inside his head. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

People were mingling, laughing and talking and exchanging more “in case of war” tips. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At last the musicians took their break, and the guests returned to their tables for refreshments, laughing and fanning themselves. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The girls’ eyes met and something passed between them, shock, or shame that they had been laughing in the park when there was this. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Brandy’s looking at Tressa’s phone, and the two of them are laughing at some video. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Payback has got to cost something,” she says, laughing. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ajay passed him easily in a minute, laughing as he swam by. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I saw Char through the window, laughing again. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I start laughing, thinking about James fake crying behind me, complaining about his ankle and limping along. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“You thought of me,” Joaquin said, trying to keep from laughing or crying or whatever that reaction was that was bubbling up in his chest, pressing down on his lungs. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He kept his eyes on the laughing people. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

And somewhere in it, the Princess Pea was laughing and smiling and clapping her hands to music, unaware of Despereaux’s fate. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

When he got his hand in her bloomers, she suddenly stopped laughing and looked serious. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and swung wildly, and Angel, laughing, belted the side of his headguard. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dude’s boys started laughing at him, and before he could say anything back, Renee said, “Next in line, please!” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I swear, if I don’t stop laughing in the next minute, I’m gonna die. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

LeAlan: I just went upstairs, started talking and laughing and everything was straight. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were laughing, clapping, and singing, “Freedom! Oh freedom!” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

George bit her tongue to keep from laughing out loud. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I think she means, was I laughing at her because she fell down. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And perhaps our hunger and our anger at our constraint conquered both of us—for he persisted in holding it from me, laughing and saying, “What is this?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I can’t imagine Cardan swimming in a lake, jumping in the water, splashing people, laughing at something other than their suffering. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And with each sip, he remembered his family passing the bottles from hand to hand, laughing at the tickly bubbles, sharing and laughing together.... A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Chris was laughing and calling her to come along smart with those buckets. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Gwin was trying to climb on to Farid’s head, and the boy was laughing as if there was nothing better than to have a marten's sharp claws digging into his scalp. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t help laughing as they watched the monkeys struggling to punch the air and each other with their trapped fists. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad were probably laughing, relieved to be off by themselves for the longest vacation of their married lives. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He starts laughing and I catch it immediately. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

And he was still laughing as Tree-ear served supper from the gourd bowl. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell if he was stopping himself from laughing in Will’s face or if he was annoyed beyond belief. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The old man woke suddenly and began to laugh as he had been laughing when he fell asleep. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Salim was laughing and nudging Kat so I deduced that he was not bored, although I would have been. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see no sign of her wounds, no blood, just a bright, laughing girl. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Why are you laughing? You treated Audrey like trash when she was nothing but nice to you.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He looked up — into the laughing faces of Russell and Piper. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd roared in approval and Miller stood with his arms raised, victorious, then leaned forward and helped his laughing opponent up. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He bear-hugged her and they both slumped to the street, laughing. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry,” I said, laughing, “it’s quite simple really. But Maxim would tease me, and I’ve promised to give him the surprise of his life.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Sylvanus and the colored girl was laughing and enjoying one the ’nother’s company and I slid my eyes o’er to ’em and something all the sudden hit me and made me want to cry. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The following week, I forgot about the ankle completely as I raced down the hallway, laughing and chasing Adria in some game we were playing. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

At that, Darren and I exchange looks and then burst out laughing. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, she was back at the duel, prostrate on the ground, Cain laughing behind her, but all she could see, all she could hear, was Chaol as he knelt and reached for her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They looked shocked for a moment, and then they started laughing. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

In the hallway, some kids were dragging their sneakers across the floor and laughing about the squeaking sound. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He started laughing and trying to wipe the snot off his chin at the same time. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would jump up and down in anger, all the while laughing at the large nose of the other. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

They still do that in my grandmother's house—gathering in the kitchen, chatting and laughing, celebrating the end of another day's work. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It is impossible to tell you how happy your last letter made us, for the news was so good we couldn’t help laughing and crying over it. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hand is still on his shoulder and she’s still laughing. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sammy and the servicemen have been laughing and joking for going on an hour now. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were so bad we couldn’t stop laughing about it, fake gagging and pretending we were going to puke up his mom’s way-too-tomatoey spaghetti. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She was still laughing when Aunt Daisy came in. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then he killed his brother, Jaime, hacking at his face until it was a red ruin, laughing every time he struck a blow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was the shadows on his face, but it looked like he was laughing. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

It had been painful to sit and watch my mother crying and my father laughing and I was glad when we were outside in the sunny streets. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple threw her pillow at her, and, laughing, Celia tossed it back. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Emile, the chef, was already laughing as he brought out steaming plates. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I think I told Julie I was afraid of getting my uniform wrong and people laughing at my accent, and I suppose in a sense I am still worried about these things—with better reason. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I keep my tongue bit down, but I make little chuffing noises as I try to keep from laughing, and he looks up and notices. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

They look at each other and start laughing. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I’m laughing as the beagle makes circles around me. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran away laughing, and I cried the rest of the way home. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Kaz stared at Van Eck for a long minute, then burst out laughing. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I call it hocus-pocus,” said Grandpa, laughing at her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Lunches with Conner, playing basketball, walking the dogs, laughing at his silly jokes. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I once saw pictures of two blonde girls, laughing and making faces at each other, and it all looked very friendly and usual, except that their two necks stemmed out of a single body. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She grinned and I saw why she made a point of not laughing. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Thirsty, sore, sunburned, blisters bubbling on our hands, laughing, me and TaShon are having fun. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

And they laugh and laugh, I can hear, laughing at me and my stutter and my family that takes buses. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

If laughing was hazardous to your health, I’d be in intensive care right now. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He probably thought I was laughing at him and his brother, but what it really was, was the word hind-parts. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She shook her head but couldn't stop laughing. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

It threw up the dust of the road into his face to turn him around, and when he leaned into it, it suddenly let go and pushed at him from behind, laughing. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Until I realize they’re all laughing, including him, like this is the funniest thing ever. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Then after a time Wang Lung’s uncle’s wife came out, laughing a little maliciously, and she dusted her hands together as though to free them of something that clung to them. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Moments when I’m tickling him and he’s laughing, breathlessly, and rolling around, and I can’t help laughing too. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t look so good yourself,” I said, laughing. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then she couldn’t help it—it had sounded so funny—she burst out laughing. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was always in the middle of laughing. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Leo didn’t mean to, but he couldn’t help laughing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know where to put my feet now,” Bigger said, laughing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the other pillow and they chased each other, screaming and laughing, through the house. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

—Playing basketball with a rolled-up sock and a wastebasket in Rob’s bedroom, ignoring you and laughing when you said to cut out all that noise. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His friends were at the bench nearest the west wall, laughing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We impersonated him all the way home, laughing and blowing bubbles, both of us knowing that he was right. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Then she would make a funny face, and we’d fall apart laughing and forget our differences. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

‘No more, no more!’ cried the Elves laughing. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

No more laughing sounds came from the trees. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then everyone was laughing some more, until it was time for supper. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

A rat must of jumped over Grandpa’s foot, because he kicked out suddenly, but I expect he was laughing too hard to make contact. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Fiendishly laughing, they had insisted on the low squalor, the nauseous ugliness of the nightmare. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward, while rain, instead of hail, fell steadily, they lay in the shallow brook, laughing and joking, washing off the raspberry stains their hands had left all over their bodies. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shouted, “Stop laughing!” and he vanished like a magician’s handkerchief. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grace said, but she was laughing, too, and when she made another swipe for her drink, she fell into him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She grabbed him and kissed him right, left, and full on the lips, laughing at his surprised expression. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

But suddenly two large ladies stepped out of a cafe, laughing and arguing. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

A gray skull sat on his neck, its jaws flapping, laughing. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The moth fluttered over his head like it was laughing at him. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Now my mother is moving forward, she’s smiling, laughing, they all move forward, and now' they’re raising their fists in the air. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was ashamed already, and angry with him for laughing. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth certainly looked a good deal compressed, and the lower part of his face unusually stern and square, as the laughing girl gave him this information. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He patted me on the head, turned, and walked away laughing. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jerk my head back but end up laughing. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And in no time at all, hundreds upon hundreds of pairs of feet could be heard passing the tent, their owners talking excitedly, laughing, joking. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Is that what the man is laughing at? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat on the number five bus, headed downtown, laughing at some girl whose mother was known to reach for anything—cable wires, extension cords, pots, pans. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

In Africa, you’re generally home with your family, telling stories, making fun of one another, laughing. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Except I’m laughing now inside my hat and he’s laughing outside of it and we’re getting carried away, far away, and I don’t think I’ve been this happy maybe ever. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

‘You won’t find your clothes again,’ said Tom, bounding down from the mound, and laughing as he danced round them in the sunlight. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The same people who, just a few hours before, had been laughing and joking now looked taut and strained. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He huffed and chuffed, emitting a yipping cough, and it took me a second to realize he was laughing. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They would have tea afterwards in a tent, Giles very hot and red in the face, Beatrice laughing and talking to her friends. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, you want to try me?” she asked, laughing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Conor still hadn’t turned back to face them, but he could tell Harry wasn’t laughing at Sully’s joke. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Tears of rage rushed to my eyes, and Margot and Mother began laughing at me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

They would repeat the words I said, mocking my accent and laughing hysterically. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He awoke minutes later only to laugh himself to sleep again, and so he continued, laughing and sleeping and laughing again, all afternoon, until at last he slipped into a prolonged slumber. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She’s dressed in a black gown, cradling her cello and laughing with her head tossed back. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Olanna was not sure if he began to laugh first or if she did, but suddenly they were laughing, raucously, almost falling off the bench. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We both realize this at the same time and then we’re both laughing again. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tayo stood watching all this time, and except for smiling or laughing or speaking when Harley spoke to him, he wasn’t doing anything. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The boy’s tall and muscularly broad frame made him look older than he probably was and he had a few people around him, all of them laughing and joking. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I noticed that they were no longer laughing. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Georgie and I pressed our hands over our mouths to keep from laughing out loud. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Then you are more of a stoic than I am,” he said, laughing. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He could take a joke, and put on such an ironic self-assured face no one felt bad laughing. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

They were just out in the open, laughing, having a good time. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He burst out laughing, and her heart lifted in mirth in spite of her still bubbling irritation. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I could hear the kids of cabin eleven laughing behind me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I dodged behind a tree and heard them chatting and laughing as they went by. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hid nothing, laughing through the entire conversation, and said little about Cabot save for mentioning that he had gone “a little bit crazy.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

As we walk down the street to the river we hear the women laughing, tinkling and bright in the night air. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

All at once, Mom bursts out laughing, Connor shrieks, and Jack pretends to swipe for the box filled with candy. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

All the Renegades—including the three coaches—are now standing and looking my way, and everyone is smiling or laughing. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Eduardo offered him the pack, and Farmer pushed it aside, laughing. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” the casting woman says, laughing, handing me a clipboard and a pen. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She takes one look at the lineup on the couch and bursts out laughing. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I remember falling on my hands in the dirt and laughing, totally unlike myself. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Lincoln and Sean broke out laughing, but then they trailed off. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

JB and I glance at each other, ready to bust out laughing, but Vondie, our best friend, beats us to it. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

I heard Maxim laughing as I went out into the garden, and he said something to Frank which I did not catch. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When we finally got around the last comer and could see the door and folks going in it seemed like a bubble busted and people started laughing and talking. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

As they all went up the stairs, she said, laughing, “I tell you, I wasn’t one bit sure there for a while whether we’d ever see this day...” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

And they just stand there laughing while Vega plays this real beautiful, sad song on Lego ’Ye. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

They all seemed to know instinctively that something good was going on right there in front of them, and they were clapping and cheering and laughing like mad. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

April and Melanie didn't believe in encouraging Toby by laughing at him, but that was too much. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men on a nearby ferry are laughing; the sound is eerily loud though the boat is far away. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to laugh, even though I don’t want to laugh, because if I don’t laugh, they’ll see that I’m not laughing, and if they see that I’m not laughing, they’ll want to know why. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“Bye,” Auggie said, but I could tell he noticed them laughing. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Thinking about Tom laughing conspiratorially while he traced his fingers lower over my belly, smiling up at me, saying, “I’m a good liar.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all paused a minute to recognize what Mohammed had just said, then we busted up laughing. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Kids start to pour in, laughing, yelling, dashing for the balls. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And she could hardly stop laughing long enough to tell me about the time some guy named Arthur Kruger got drunk and lost his false teeth at the church picnic. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The moms are sitting on the couch, jumping up every few minutes to pull a favorite book off the shelves, laughing and impressing each other with their deep mutual love of literature. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He peeled open his eyes and saw that Cruz was still on his leash, standing next to Abe, who was laughing his head off. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

They stared at each other a moment, neither one of them moving, before they both burst out laughing. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of statement horsemen usually snort at, but no one who looked in at this colt was laughing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nailshed girls were with them, laughing and teasing them, twining slender arms around the men’s waists, urging them to drink and spend. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

As they spoke, the doors opened, and several officers issued forth, laughing and tripping down the steps. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I thought he’d be upset, but when it was clear that he wouldn't remember the last line, he just started laughing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He kept laughing the whole time I was taking down my suitcase and getting the scissors out for him. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I’ll report you to Sister Rita.There’s to be no laughing for you could be doing serious damage to your internal apparatus. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

These young monks hadn’t noticed the children and were laughing about whatever young men laugh about when they think they are alone. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

They bounced down the stairs with a great roistering clatter, laughing out loud breathlessly and knocking their hilarious heads together each time they paused to rest. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It takes us a moment, but when the taxi reaches waterfront, the two of us start laughing. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Their daddy was laughing and said, “I’m sorry, Johnny. I have to admit, I just couldn’t believe it. I brought this rope more to be funny, but it’s a good thing.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They appear to be laughing, huddled over a phone. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon, all the code crackers in the room were laughing and applauding, giving Jake a standing ovation. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Omakayas forgot the bears, forgot the whispering of the plants, became a cousin within a pack of cousins, roaming the camps, stealing bits of sugar, laughing at each other. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She used to make her parents rewind it over and over again, laughing herself sick at the idea that a roof could go and resettle itself. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I pick up my sketchbook and I draw a picture of my friends laughing together as they all huddle around their cell phones. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

We were a block away from the green stucco house, chatting and laughing. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fräulein Engel will confirm that I burst out laughing when I read that. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

We continued walking but every time we looked at each other, we would start laughing again. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Incredibly handsome, too, tall and lithe and muscular, with beautiful, smooth skin, big teeth, and a great smile, always laughing. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He got us all to laughing over Violet’s new bad habit. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“His name is Frolic, and I’m afraid he’s watering your ...” “Clematis. It’s all right,” she said, laughing. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to bathe her. I had the sponge in my hand. But she wouldn t. She kept laughing and saying no.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

People were shouting, calling, arguing, laughing, selling their wares to any and all from where they stood. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra glanced over at Robbie, who was laughing as he tried desperately to keep up with his two dance partners. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know it’d upset her so much, us laughing at her. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

In the other corner of the room several of my friends were laughing and talking, but I was in no mood for anything but silence. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Michael was laughing, which really confused me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Charlie giggles and settles into Mama, and for a quick second, I wish it was me sitting there, close to Mama, laughing. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I reached back for my pants and re-dressed myself, but Janina was already laughing so hard her cabbages were rolling across the ground. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“Thank you kindly for your unsolicited opinion, sir! You can shove it right—” Even more laughing. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her face is frozen in terror at the sight of him, and she makes no move to defend herself as he pins down her arms, laughing like he did when he kissed her. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The girls bunched together and did a lot of laughing to pretend like they were having a good time. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Suesetta starts laughing—so loud that the old man hears her. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I spent the rest of the day in Dolores Park with Ben and Laney, throwing the ball for her, laughing with Ben, going over every shared memory from the last seven years of our lives. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

That afternoon on the way home from the store: light angling through the trees, cicadas clattering high in the branches, the twins racing and laughing with Wash, her not needing to say anything. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If you mean libel, I’d say so, and not talk about labels, as if Papa was a pickle bottle,” advised Jo, laughing. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had started out well, with much laughing and shouting, and for the first few seconds, as the peach had begun to roll slowly forward, nobody had minded being tumbled about a little bit. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

They were all laughing and having a good time, too. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

A laughing teenage boy in a soiled tank top handed Otto a cigarette and, when he didn’t take it, pressed a beer into his hands. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The two embraced tightly, laughing and crying at the same time, and Sifen could not help doing the same at the pure joy of their reunion. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

They were always laughing, and the men’s eyes were always bright with the sting of whiskey. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

With my sisters, all silly, laughing and twirling them around. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one picture, the lizard man was standing on a curved bridge, laughing as he watched the little boy falling forward over the bridge rail, his slippered feet already in the air. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was more laughter, Mwombeki himself laughing loudly, as though he had not heard his own jokes before. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Their eyes met—and they burst out laughing. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

One of my friends pointed at me, laughing. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stella called after him, only to hear her mother laughing. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mong stood up, still laughing, and leaned against the fence to watch the seals. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ahead of me, people would be talking and laughing their heads off, and then they’d see me and stop talking. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Behind her the three guys are walking off, talking and laughing. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very soon they were laughing, and snapping their fingers at rain, and at Black Riders. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I didn't know if they really were laughing, but I was pretty sure they were. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

She told me that a lot of dyslexic people do really well in sports to overcompensate for people laughing at them in the classroom. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And then Chapter Eleven is laughing, entertained at last. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

All the contestants are talking, doing their hair, and laughing, but as soon as everyone catches sight of me, the room falls uncomfortably silent. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then men were talking to one another and laughing. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was a crowd of kids out front, laughing and dancing to a boom box. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“What are you yelling about, Bun?” said Charles, laughing, kicking the door shut behind him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I watched him join his friends, watched them slapping each other on the back and laughing. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I ask her when I stop laughing, and she just looks at me, blank, lost for words. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everywhere I looked I saw her sewing or soaking her feet or laughing with Daddy or fixing me breakfast. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Everyone laughed their heads off, which is not what literally happened but I like the idea of laughing heads becoming detached from bodies through extreme hilarity, so it is a good way to describe things. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So what do we have here?” says the guy, his eyes burning at me, and laughing in a most ugly way. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I got mad because he was making fun of me and laughing and I chased him out and locked the door. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were all around in a circle watching and laughing at the way we were doing the steps. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I pictured this bird looking down from the branches to say, "You want me to do what?" before flying off, laughing at the foolish story he now had to tell his friends. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Good thing nobody ever looked at me much up in that gym or they'd fall over laughing. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nora screams “three, two, one” right in his ear and slings her arm around his neck as he yells his approval and kisses her sloppily, laughing through it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the laughing man was in the street, his right leg flying out in a mighty kick. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Bonaparte Napoleon's wife. You know, the one who said, ‘A woman laughing is a woman conquered.’ It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

You keep falling and screaming and laughing, terrified not so much of the fall as the fact that it must end. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were at a cocktail party, glasses in hand; he was whispering something in her ear, and she was laughing. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The barbershop was full of laughing and talking when we stepped in. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

We could see them laughing as they drove off. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

His mother was sitting opposite him and also laughing. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

We arrived at the temple laughing and breathless. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

They laugh every day and Malachy’s tongue gets better with all the laughing. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I must be truly ready if I’m laughing at this. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hannah felt a lot like the chickens, nervous about all the loud, strange men and the laughing, chattering women. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told me Mom used to bust out laughing because there was always one girl who was new to it, and went offbeat, like a washing machine with one lumpy towel. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Except while most of the other kids crowd the hallways joking and laughing and comparing outfits, Elsie and I lock the door to our room and begin our investigation into the disappearance of VanQuish. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It can’t be a coincidence that she has continued to appear in my life, coming to me that much more frequently since my mother left, as if laughing at me—taunting me. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You’re more chicken than all those chickens in the yard—waving and smiling at those girls who are laughing at you. What do you think they call you? Certainly not Vonetta.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

They stared at each other for a moment before bursting out laughing. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Richie had been drinking all day again, so he was all kinds of festive at dinner—laughing too much and too loud. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Ms. Noah, your son was laughing while we were hitting him.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Ted mock-punched me on the shoulder, laughing along with most of the coaches. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

And then she was laughing joyously and clinging to his neck. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I could say the same thing about you,” I said, laughing. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then he and the Captain were laughing their heads off. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s laughing loudly now and rubbing his palms together, like a villain detailing his plans for world domination. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

So there we were, all of us laughing because we’d knocked out four oxymorons smack in a row—and that’s when we first saw the red kayak. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Might look ridiculous with your beard,” I reply, laughing. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Firecrackers were exploding and I could hear more people laughing. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And this was a shame, for Samuel was a laughing man, but I guess Samuel was wide open to the devil. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The two of us in the car, laughing, the radio on, the sudden jar of the crash, the snap of the head, the blood, the sirens. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Then he stopped himself, as if he realized what he was saying, and burst out laughing. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it seems like it should be a kind thing to say, but her voice is laughing. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Nearby, on the path, two young boys rode by on their bikes, laughing at something, and waved to them. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The class erupts, some laughing, most sighing in disbelief that this is actually happening. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

And then my mother laughed and laughed, in a gentle way, and you could tell her own spine was not made of steel because she bent in half, laughing and laughing. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The young man, in his unease, smiled nervously and Malcolm jeered, ‘Look at him laugh. He’s really not laughing, he’s just laughing with his teeth.’ The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mike caught up to us as we walked in the doors, laughing, with ice melting the spikes in his hair. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I saw the laughing man, across the street on the comer. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

When I glance back at Brandy and Tressa, they are laughing again. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I start tearing up from laughing so hard, and Nora covers her mouth. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Where are you taking me?” she asks, laughing, as he walks her toward the hammock and helps her sit. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“No, it’s not,” he says, laughing and bouncing in his seat. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He’s laughing so hard, there are tears in his eyes. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

There’s one where Marjorie and another girl are laughing with their mouths open wide in unattractive poses while Lauren smiles serenely at the camera. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She walked away from the porch and found something to busy herself with in the back of the store so she did not hear Jody when he stopped laughing. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Only bubbles flew out of his mouth, but he had the distinct impression that the mermen had understood him, because they suddenly stopped laughing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Sandy’s always been nervous, unable to meet anyone’s eye, even when he’s laughing and excited and happy. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She was warm and soft against my skin, my tongue in her mouth, and she was laughing, trying to teach me, make me better, promising to be continued. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Even as she thought that, though, she could hear everyone laughing again, the girls too. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were both so excited, we were talking over each other and laughing all giddily and stuff. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I felt his laughing presence inside me, almost like a ghost, while I stood looking out. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like laughing, first with relief and then at the thought of my Dutch-Irish mother being anything so exotic as Florida Navaho. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is the prettiest wedding dress I have ever seen,” she answered, holding her stomach to ease the pain from laughing so much. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

A faint memory of past tournaments comes back to me, and suddenly I recall seeing Tremaine and Roshan frequently together, laughing and smiling. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She’s moving her hands and laughing, pointing at the pool, then at the people on the grass. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Bennie joined the circle, laughing along with each line. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The crowd explodes, laughing and cheering—they think it’s part of the act. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m laughing with you. That skull joke was pretty funny.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I took hold of the soft gleaming curls with trembling fingers, laughing under my breath, looking up at Clarice. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He imagined Gaea laughing at his weakness—a demigod too softhearted to kill monsters. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Bran had not heard so much laughing since the night the bloody raven came. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Their butts will be sitting there laughing and talking until the restaurant closes. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then the March family turned out en masse, and Jo exerted herself to some purpose, for people not only came, but stayed, laughing at her nonsense, admiring Amy’s taste, and apparently enjoying themselves very much. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of us stand on the sidewalk, laughing. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I start to get up, and that’s when I see Jace standing right in the middle of it all, laughing with the rest of them. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Uncle Tin started laughing to himself, to let us know he also had a private joke. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The laughing man didn’t notice us standing there until he was practically on top of Marcus. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He threw me into the greatest confusion by laughing heartily and replying in a very sprightly manner, “No, to be sure; you’re right.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Petunia burst into tears and hugged her son, while Harry ducked under the table so they wouldn’t see him laughing. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted to say thank you for not laughing at me and calling me a “backyard snob” the way the rest of the girls did, but the words that came out were, “Did you travel?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Harry wished he could have another glimpse of the laughing boy’s face. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But I would have gone to pieces had they laughed or even smiled, I thought, for they couldn't laugh at him without laughing at me as well . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember this one day we were laughing like that and Aaron came up to the stoop and asked what we were laughing at. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

He rode his bicycle through the courtyard, chasing chickens and other children, laughing over which ones shrieked the loudest. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had drawn herself laughing, her mouth wide open, no embarrassment at all. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The door was open, but he couldn’t see her, could only hear her laughing, a low private laugh as though she had won a bet. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned to him, laughing, and was suddenly grave. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marty thought I was laughing at something else, so he got started, too, and pretty soon we were all laughing, and so everybody at the icecream store was looking at us. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We jump up, laughing, and scramble together, hand in hand, to solid ground. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

There was always a lot of laughing when they were together. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“It was like,” Rachel said, “she was trying to look like something she wasn’t. Like she was in disguise. Anyway, it got cruel. Everyone started laughing at her.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

A few couples strolled holding hands, talking, and laughing. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He turned around to find that five kids were walking around the curve and past the tent, joking and laughing. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I thought I was imagining it when I heard the cackling, but then I looked at Amaka—and sure enough, she was laughing. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of us fought to keep from laughing. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The boy started laughing, straightening up the laces on the table. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then I heard one of the older girls laughing at a TV show in the distance. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The idea of it still had me laughing as I headed through the torn up corn. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I see him for a second, leaning over sideways—is he laughing? angry?—and then the steam rises again and blots him out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He had looked in and seen them round the pool, screaming and laughing through the late morning heat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He hears the voices of the boys in his Kameradschaft back in Zollverein sing, Live faithfully, fight bravely, and die laughing. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But sometimes he chased us—his fat arms out to the side; his fat fingers opening and closing; his legs stiff like Frankenstein’s monster, like the mummy dragging its foot; growling; laughing- crying. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now that’s a Black girl for you,” she says, laughing so hard, I think she might hyperventilate. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

You nervous? she asked, laughing, holding up one of his hands. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Chou and I slipped in and out of her clothes, laughing and giggling, calling each other Madame and Mademoiselle.Then we’d go into Keav’s jewelry box and put on her necklaces and earrings. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He arched one eyebrow dramatically, then walked off laughing. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

After a while they get sick of calling me names and ride away laughing. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear them laughing as they wandered off. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the first night, while The Elephant was boldly going on, Aureliano Segundo was wearing himself out with a great deal of talking and laughing. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

But for some reason, I’m laughing too hard to get back to sleep. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But he was laughing anyway, the bumps shaking laughter out of him, like feathers out of an old pillow, until he was limp and there were tears in his eyes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I looked over at Mom, who was laughing as she sashayed and stomped like it was the happiest day of her life. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

And I was mad because I thought you guys were laughing at me. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

George was laughing, too, and wiping his forehead on his sleeve. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere on the other side of the locked door, I can hear Scott laughing, and my entire body goes cold. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They surrounded Odysseus, weeping and laughing and welcoming him home until they stirred within his own heart the desire to weep. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had finished eating, but they remained around the fire, talking and laughing. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I picture him laughing in there as the winch lowers him into the hole. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I see him across the table from me at his party, laughing until tears stream down his face. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

"I left after social studies because kids were laughing at me." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I was sure only that he was laughing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m laughing, too, and imagining a factory with little Ollys coming off an assembly line. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the night, we all walk out together, the two of them laughing about Ron’s Zorro costume. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It made her feel so good to see her mother laughing. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And that devilish angel kept on laughing to beat the band.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The open-air bus terminal was packed with people shouting, laughing, and arguing. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Soon it’s time to stack up the hurdles and put them off to the side of the track, and all the relay girls are laughing and joking with each other. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

That Mama sat on the living-room floor laughing and banging on the walls with metal tongs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the hair twined and blew and became a ladder upon which the guests might ascend, laughing, into the House. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like today, it’s just us three like normal, laughing and joking and being silly, until Isabella asks about Halloween costumes. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Most were leaning back and laughing, probably because they didn’t know two cents about the Babe, and they figured they weren’t going to win anyway. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was laughing so hard that I threw up a little bit in my mouth. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maxim turned to me, laughing, wiping the hair out of his eyes, and I unrolled the sleeves of my mackintosh caught by the sea spray. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The laughing jokiness of the past few minutes was completely gone as Dimple pointed the camera at the statue and took a picture. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

One of the boys covers his mouth to keep from laughing. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Crabbe stopped laughing and started rubbing his knuckles in a menacing way. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Jeanne turns red as a beet, and Jacob looks mighty uncomfortable, but the knights are laughing. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Not now. He’ll come after me with everything he’s got. He can’t afford to lose this much face. Too many people would be laughing.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Gertrude was jealous of her son’s company and spent many hours with him, laughing at his clever stories and hearing tales of his journeys. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Glenn Burke loved doing imitations,” I say, laughing. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The other boys were too busy laughing to keep the ball in the air. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She fell a lot, dropping down on her butt, and laughing every time she did. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Look at how the little sister is laughing here,” she said, tapping one of the family portraits. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The hard kind of laughing that makes your stomach hurt. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Outside, other soldiers were laughing at the handler. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

When they all stopped laughing at me, Dad said did we have to say yes and Mum said yes, we did. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was feeling strange sitting next to Violet, and she wasn’t laughing, which was weirding me out. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her imitation was so perfect, I burst out laughing. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Simpson had spent the entire practice laughing with his friends. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He and I had us a great manure war then, throwing dried cow cushions and sheep pills and horse biscuits at each other and dying laughing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

A couple of tall weedy guys leaning against a wall smoking and laughing and radiating cool. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Mostly action shots—a snowball fight—but I notice Hudson in the background, looking out of frame and laughing. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He was laughing so hard he couldn’t speak. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

All the young men got on their feet now, laughing, to crowd around the ragged pair. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We couldn’t stop laughing, didn’t want to stop laughing. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Someone who had to just stop in his tracks and do a slow pivot like Smokey Robinson with his brilliant smile that slid over his mouth and drifted right up to his laughing eyes. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The docks crawl with laughing drunks and sailors stinking of sweat and salt. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The only time I saw them pay me much notice was one day at lunchtime when I was laughing with the other men. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept laughing and drinking, and when she held her cup out for another, I didn't pay much attention, because she seemed perfectly fine. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was late that night when Katherine and Jimmy tucked the girls into their beds and collapsed onto their own bed, but they stayed up even later laughing and gossiping, recapping the family gathering. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s hard, Loki. Everyone is having such a good time. I hear them laughing. And Balder, my beloved brother, he sounds so happy. I just wish I could be part of it.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I followed the rest of the children into the streets and saw that white and black people were laughing and singing and shouting. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When people in the audience started laughing at the way the guy was talking, I felt weird, like it wasn't right. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Roy, who had a mouthful of raisin bran, burst out laughing. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each knot of people he left was laughing uproariously. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, I started chuckling too as he kept laughing. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He was laughing and talking and telling stories and singing the whole time, all the time it took to pick the last of the beans and pull all those carrots and beets.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dad relaxed and blew out a breath, laughing at himself. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear Grammy and Esme and Henry laughing and something deep inside starts small but gets bigger and bigger...a feeling. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Then, as a sweet rain will pass down a wind of spring and the sun will shine out the clearer, his tears ceased, and his laughter welled up, and laughing he sprang from his bed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s getting more difficult to be wise,” he says, laughing into my ear. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Some people in a booth were laughing because without knowing it the drunk had picked out a deaf-mute to try to talk with. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Adrian dropped a handful of them at my feet, laughing so hard, he looked like he was going to give himself a hernia. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I fall asleep to the familiar sound of my sister singing, and the unfamiliar sound of our parents laughing in the room next to ours. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dimple reached over and slapped his knee, but she was laughing too. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

We gave up the pewee and went back to the raft-making, talking very fast now, and laughing a lot. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She glanced at me and saw that I was laughing too, and nodded. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Brian, typically, started doing an impersonation of Mom carrying on and sobbing, but no one was laughing, so he picked up his books and walked out of the house. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

"But no more running outta school. Especially just because people are laughing at you. People are always going to be laughing at you, Castle. Trust me." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I became so used to her noise—chattering, whining, pestering, laughing, crying—that my ear went on hearing it even when it stopped. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I had to start laughing, too, and soon we were both hysterical, lying on our backs, tears running down our cheeks, slapping our feet on the porch floor. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I can see her leaning back against the door, knees under her chin, laughing at something, or singing along with the music. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Might be the last time we can get away with it,” Bobbie adds, laughing. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I stared straight ahead as I passed the Volvo, but from a peripheral peek, I would swear I saw him laughing. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was the largest eagle that they had ever seen, a giant of an eagle, and it was laughing at them. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Mom sniffed and then giggled; I couldn’t tell whether she was crying or laughing. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She was laughing with a gorgeous mouth and shiny long hair. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I knew this because whenever they stopped laughing at my jokes and stories they’d say, “So how do you think I can get Daniel to ask me out?” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Dennis Goldberg, the youngest of the accused, had an irrepressible sense of humor and often had us laughing when we should not have been. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to press a coin from her wallet into his hand, but he waved it away, laughing heartily, saying Arabic words she couldn’t understand. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She broke out in a huge smile and started laughing. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

‘They call me that in Bree,’ said Strider laughing, ‘and that is how I was introduced to him.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It suddenly all makes sense, and I start laughing. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Charles stood at the bar in the village inn and Charles was laughing delightedly at the funny stories the night-stranded drummers were telling. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Leslie was laughing so hard she had trouble getting the words out. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sitting there for more than two minutes before he started laughing. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I remember coming into the kitchen one time and seeing Sookie and Mom sharing a whole pie, laughing about something I didn’t know anything about. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

"I'm glad about that, honey," the man said, and burst out laughing. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Despite the circumstances, we could not help laughing at the picture this conjured up. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I look up to see that her eyes are already laughing at me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Looks like it worked,” I said, coming across a picture of her drinking straight from a champagne bottle, my grandpa Wynton in the corner of the frame, laughing a big laugh. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“What absolute rot!” the Centipede said, but his voice seemed suddenly to have become a little shaky, and he wasn’t laughing. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Above me, at the edge of the rubble, stood a boy with schoolbooks strapped over his shoulder, blue sky above him, a boy laughing, urinating in my face. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Brett was talking French and he was talking Spanish and a little English, and laughing. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

A second later the bungee jacket activated, and Shay bobbed back up in midair, laughing maniacally at the top of her lungs. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was much worse being tossed, in the same naked state, from the hands of one grubby, laughing boy to another. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Tommy burst into thunderous bellowing, and the boys, now laughing openly, started to run off towards the South Playing Field. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help it—I totally burst out laughing. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The Sea of Flames could have been in the Paris Museum all along—that simpering mineralogist and the assistant director laughing as he slunk away, duped, fooled, inveigled. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then a tinkling sound: it was the sound of the most beautiful girl in the whole of the British Isles laughing with delight and amusement. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He heard shouting and laughing on the shore, a band playing music, and a woman's voice singing, “Take my hand, oh, my darling, take my hand and dance with me...” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

We all go stumbling as best we can, each with different strides, pulling each other and bumping along the whole way until we finally fall in a heap near the screen door, laughing. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

His eyes are searching my face and he’s laughing at me without actually laughing. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Families are sitting around a table of food, eating and laughing. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

At first I thought she was laughing at me. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They passed a large playground and pool, both filled with laughing kids. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Now I have one for smiling, one for laughing, one for crying, one for frowning, one for thinking, one for pouting, and six more besides. Is everyone with one face called a Milo?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He really had me laughing over that one. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Or rather that she was laughing at me, but it was something about me that pleased her. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother and I had calmed down and were watching Family Feud, laughing at some of the stupid answers people were coming up with. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But not while he was there, always there, a benign presence laughing with warriors or doing, gladly, whatever needed to be done. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

At first, my mom and Aunt Helen kind of laughed, too, because they were happy that I was laughing. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I tell her about tube lady in the bed next to my mom's, she starts laughing and tells me I'm making it up. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then, a Chinese girl never would have been laughing, not like that. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls couldn’t help laughing, and felt better for it, though Meg shook her head at the young lady who could find consolation in a sugar bowl. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran down the beach, laughing, and Pima chased after him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Liam’s laughing the whole way, even high-fiving some of his football buddies. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He saw Spitz run out his scarlet tongue in a way he had of laughing; and he saw François, swinging an axe, spring into the mess of dogs. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

They tackled their respective heaps of homework, whispering, laughing, and joking till the librarian stood over their table, saying, “You will please keep your silence or I will be forced to ask you to leave.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

There is a woman in the camp, a lady whose hair has grown in like patchy grass, who never stops laughing or grinning. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Fidencio was laughing with one of the other men and playfully pretending to jab at him with his fists. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Oh, I laugh to think he was caught at last, But the fairy was laughing, too. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I did, laughing and happy and full of the warmth of friendship. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

What I do remember is a feeling: people shouting less and laughing more when she was around. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help it, I was suddenly laughing. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Shelley, because he knew I hated it and it made him laugh to watch me twitch with irritation and then giggle because I couldn’t help but join in when he was laughing. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was bright-eyed and laughing as he talked about my song. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

One day, after she had rushed off to take Nna to his piano lesson, she called Obinze to say, laughing, “Can you believe I forgot to brush my teeth?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

On deck the ship’s band was playing “California, Here I Come,” and people were dancing and singing and laughing. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab a fluffy pink pillow and cover my head—I’m still embarrassed remembering everyone laughing at me about the straws. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She notices this quite clearly, the way Geoff stops the joking and laughing and pushing. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

There was a roar of noise from the hundreds of chatting, laughing students and the clang of utensils. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to make my kingdom beautiful, to fill it with fat men and pretty maids and laughing children. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

One of the guys, the Indian one, caught her eye and made a creepy-gross gesture with his tongue, then burst out laughing when she looked away, heart thumping. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Nico imitates his cousin’s moves and looks so ridiculous when he does a little spin that I burst out laughing. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The kids behind me laugh so loud I know they’re laughing about me. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The trees are lit with tiny sprites, and I see a laughing Oak racing through them, pursued by Vivi and Taryn and—oh hell—Locke. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The men outside were laughing, and she found it difficult to concentrate on Fenoglio’s words. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She had all she could do to keep from laughing out loud. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole shop laughed, and after a few minutes, I was laughing with them. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Many of the students were biting their lips to keep from laughing. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I made my way back to my room, where the lawyer had left but Miles and June were still smiling and laughing. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no, I’m not getting broth,” said my mother, laughing stiffly. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He releases me, laughing, and runs into a crowd of Dauntless-born initiates. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He’s laughing like he’s ten years old and trying to get my attention. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We were wondering how to get our tired selves to a standing position when we heard squealing and laughing, the kind you’re apt to hear at a school recess. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We started laughing, clapping the children on the back and rubbing their heads. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He swam for the beach, still laughing and drunk on survival. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

"That's a diamond," somebody said, and a lot of people burst out laughing. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I dreamed of myself, limping beside him, laughing that high, horrible cackle. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She found them in the little group of trees, leaning against a tree trunk and talking softly and laughing; when she ran to them they turned, startled, and Theodora was almost angry. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

A woman opens the door to Elliot’s Antiques, and a family comes out of the restaurant, laughing. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out there in the May morning she could hardly talk for laughing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We sit in the living room saying nothing to each other and listening to the women whispering and laughing in the kitchen. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The whole time I was worrying about these things, I walked home slowly to the sounds of Jay and his friends tossing a ball and laughing fifty yards ahead of me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Paolo threw his head back, laughing and raising his soft eyebrows. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I run after, laughing and trying to keep up. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Tortoise said nothing about the failure of Snail’s crop, although in private he was laughing. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Luke watched the rest of his family laughing. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

We both start laughing—at the absurdity of our shared experience, the relief of recognition. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know your life,” he said, laughing. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The thing is: Mom was laughing on Thanksgiving. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At this point, Patrick is spitting out wine between sentences, he’s laughing so hard. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

At the far end, by the library office, a couple of boys were balling up paper and lobbing it over onto other boys’ heads, then ducking down and laughing. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

From high inside my head I could hear someone laughing. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite covering my free to protea it from Chris’s toxic toes, and laughing like a maniac, I heard something—a bunch of noise suddenly coming from outside. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was in high spirits, talking and laughing with half a dozen fanners. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I landed, a club pounded my shoulders and I was kicked again and the Jackboot was dragging me by the hair and there was laughing and clacking of Jackdog teeth. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Everyone was laughing and nodding and asking questions about America and the women were serving tea and slicing a cheese in front of Rafik. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They came home flushed and laughing from the woods. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I know people are laughing at me. I hate it. I hate that school. I hate that football field. I hate that goalpost.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman at the front desk is drinking her coffee and laughing with one of the students. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Harry opened the book at random and saw a full-page photograph of two teenage boys, both laughing immoderately with their arms around each other’s shoulders. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When everyone I loved was always there with their arms around one another, laughing and building our home. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d spent the day turning lobster red, drinking iced tea, and laughing. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Dad started to shake with laughter, and the crowd started laughing, too. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man sharp-eyed and laughing and ready for the day—but also jittery, the way he was when he didn’t have his crystal slide or a handful of red rippers. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Guys don’t dance with each other,” he said, laughing. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“You look so funny when you’re laughing like that,” Twig said, and then she was laughing, too. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She twists on one of her feet, laughing, silently, to herself. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The bold little boy with wild black hair and laughing eyes was a man grown now, one-and-twenty, and still he played his games. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then everybody started laughing and pushing each other around. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As Mars unwound from his laughing fit, he studied Maniac up and down; aware, too, that Maniac was studying him. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He does this thing where he’s smiling and laughing at the same time, so you never get real mad at him. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The room was unbelievably loud, roaring with the sounds of his classmates and all their screaming and yelling and fighting and laughing. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He was laughing at me, laughing at the look on my face, at the speed with which I’d yanked the thing out of his hands, and finally he just smiled. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

All my mind could concentrate on laying there was the sounds of them surfer kids across the way talking in their low voices and laughing and being all happy. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“How could I feel any better?” she asked, laughing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Half asleep, he was staring at me, his eyes filled with terror, as though he expected me to burst out laughing and tell him to go back to bed. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

My whole life, I ran around letting people pick on me, laughing it off when they teased me, fast-talking my way out of fights. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Harry’s horror, Ron came in, laughing, pulling Lavender by the hand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Wait for me,” Mr. Pignati yelled, carrying his skates under his arm and laughing along with us. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

She kicked him under the table and he kicked her back, watching his laughing friends; they were all a little afraid of her and a little in love with her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They’d stop their laughing if they knew her true name, if they knew that this “jewel thief” could skin them alive without a knife. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I find myself laughing instead, and I tell her what I’ve told no one else, about the phone calls and the resume I’d sent to Harper & Row. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Joe Trace counted on flirty laughing women to buy his wares, and he knew better than to take up with any of them. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First of all, Mom, it’s not the Olympics. It’s the Junior Olympics,” I said, laughing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

They turned to each other, laughing excitedly, talking, not listening. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I burst out laughing, and Denna’s sudden smile was like the sun peering from behind a cloud. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Yet they did not appear miserable in the least; instead, they were laughing and joking, as though they had just played a game of bowls and not fought a potentially disastrous fire. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth was laughing, and I couldn’t help laughing too, even though my face was completely red. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Mini poked him with the Death Danda, laughing when his feathers ruffled and he hooted like an angry owl. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He looked so funny we couldn’t keep from laughing. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the second one, Candy Man was laughing so hard I couldn’t understand what he was talking about, but I know it had something to do with boogers. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Tears ran down my face, and I didn’t know whether I was laughing or crying. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Candy Man snapped his neck back and then he started laughing. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’m laughing so hard there are tears in my eyes. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Tell her you need sanitary pads,” I said, and burst out laughing. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“If he isn’t your friend, how do you happen to know' him so well?” he asked, laughing to soften the hard threat of his question. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t want to leave her, but I could hear Kronos laughing as he approached the hall of the gods. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I ran into their arms and collapsed in tears as they gathered around me, laughing. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was general merriment over this, and the strapping boy who had played the queen flushed and kicked the shin of the laughing youth next to him. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Ruthie, you probably know every Nancy Drew book by heart,” Joy says to me, laughing. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Images from my videos of her in action, pointing out sights from a rickshaw, telling me a story on the roof, and laughing so hard that we both gasped for air. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

On each half of the crimson doors hung a painting of a round-faced, laughing child dressed in brilliant red. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I push him so hard, he tips over, laughing all the way down. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And laughing like a maniac, he dragged Harry back upstairs. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She followed the laughing crowd into the circle of dancers weaving their way around the crackling flames, and she let Colin spin her through unfamiliar steps, the Square a blur of color in her eyes. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If he marries her,” Dain says, laughing for the first time in this conversation, “he’ll get a knife in the front.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You said you wanted a boyfriend,” Julia says, and then she busts up laughing. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Leave it to Ob to walk right in and have the house laughing. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

So there we were, sitting in a booth with our backs to the rest of the diner, laughing. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He held a notebook up to his face, peeked over it at her, and she could tell that behind that notebook he wasn't laughing. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to look awful tomorrow,” she says, laughing and crying both. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She tucks her legs up and turns to face me, looking like she’s about to burst out laughing. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“And that one day the patron would have less say at Tres Marias than us!” another said, laughing. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it flies back out and right into his hand, he starts laughing. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Diego’s deadpan delivery was so good that I didn’t know whether he was telling the truth, and I busted up laughing at the image of grumpy cats in ugly sweaters. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

They spent so much of their time talking and laughing. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And then, as we pulled into our apartment complex parking lot, Mom’s laughing died out and she got this different look on her face as she stared straight ahead. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

A pack of blond Polish boys walks through the car, laughing cruelly with menacing faces, scrutinizing people row by row. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I always knew you were a force of nature,” Astrid says, laughing. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

What a goon, except it really is funny, me trying to sneeze a hot dog through my nose, and we're both laughing like total morons. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

François complied, whereupon Buck trotted in, laughing triumphantly, and swung around into position at the head of the team. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, like there was a conductor waving a baton, we both started laughing at the same time. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“She’s laughing, Reggie! This friendship could turn into romance after all! It is a thing of beauty watching these two open up to each other!” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Bren shouts along to the music, and all of us are laughing, and I have to He back and hold my sides because the laughter has taken me by surprise. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

April 15—I feel a lot better today, but I’m still angry that all the time people were laughing and making fun of me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

When we all finally stopped laughing I asked him the question, too: “Yo, what about you, man?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Some looked serious, but there was a lot of laughing and joking. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rotunda below was a mass of people, drinking, laughing, greeting each other, a kind of raucous party before the celebrations on the White Island. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Five minutes for the rest of our lives,” he says, laughing a grim little laugh. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My moms laughing in the background and then the beep sounding. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I knew he didn’t want me to go and I wanted to stick around remembering things and laughing with Sapo, but I had things to take care of. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

In one, she’s laughing with people who look like her mom and sister as they try to pose for a good shot in front of the Grand Canyon. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We sat on the red earth, talking and laughing, the setting sun a bonfire before us. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

How these families keep smiling and laughing, unworried about any potential messes in their lives, because they have these paper towels. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The people at the party were a bunch of blurred faces all looking down and laughing at me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

While the grown-ups sit at the table, telling jokes and laughing, I go back to the baby’s room to spy on Rosa, listening to her breathe and let out little sighs as she dreams. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The people nearby that visited with me on the train were laughing and talking, but they didn’t forget me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was in contrast to the only Wizarding photograph on the walls, which was a picture of four Hogwarts students standing arm in arm, laughing at the camera. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

While we were standing there, our backs against the doorframe, drinks in hand, we couldn’t stop laughing. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I looked at the blood spots on the tissue and then started laughing. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

And the laughing man might be asleep under his mailbox by the time I walked home. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

And then it gets smaller, and smaller, and you hear people at Mission Control clapping, laughing—and you want to clap and laugh too. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then he noticed Sam was looking at his helmet and laughing. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end there were about a hundred of them, eating merrily and laughing. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see how they can help it,” returned Mr. Brooke, laughing so infectiously that Mrs. March could not help smiling. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

They believed that she was laughing at their God. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

This was particularly true when he laughed, and he was laughing now. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Robin was laughing about something with Ray, while she dug through her backpack. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then he was lifted and hurled by Coach Murphy toward the infield lights, his spikes silvered with false light, and Ben came down laughing and jubilant to Coach Murphy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Families, laughing and leaning back in their chairs at the table. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In the end, after much talk and many heated arguments, the people shrugged, laughing uneasily and a little ashamedly. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cassie is sitting in every chair, laughing, chewing, pointing at the special on the menu. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

And then we started laughing and couldn’t stop. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Kepler describes them shouting at each other and laughing, Wacker delighting in his triumph and Kepler laughing off being in the wrong, and laughing, too, with delight at the thought of such an extraordinary discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Must have been made of plastic,” Rose said, laughing. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I don’t feel like laughing at myself right now, if you don’t mind.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a group of four or five teenage boys, shirtless and laughing and play punching each other, turned the corner. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Chip followed me the first mile, laughing about the awkwardness of saying good-bye and then not actually parting ways, until he turned right at the Safeway and I kept going straight. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Not only was he standing, he was laughing! The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

He was leaning over the seat of the bus laughing in her ear about her coat, which I always thought was cool. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Harry came to my room an hour later, laughing. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

At last we peeled apart and flopped to the ground, exhausted and laughing. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The door opened: A laughing woman stood there. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When they finished laughing, I realized they weren’t laughing at me—they thought they were laughing with me. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I asked Sonny if maybe he could call Deborah to see if she’d come over, and the Lacks men shook their heads, laughing. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Stop that,” she says, laughing, and hands me the papers. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Unsure, Palmer stared back—and the hurricane swirled into the kitchen, Mutto screaming and laughing around the table, Beans waving the muskrat like a tomahawk. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Fina and I lock eyes when Mom talks about his “dreamy accent” and nearly burst out laughing. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I think the fire department is still laughing to this day.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then she was laughing and sighing and amazed at him and amazed at herself. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I see you laughing and joking on the stairs of your own house with some pretty girl in a blue dress, her holding your arm like she owned it. I saw you, Wash Fuller.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I listen to sailors laughing and arguing, their card games stretching into the night. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Here in the Bureau compound, people are sitting in the cafeteria right now, eating and drinking and laughing. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She had the most beautiful and open smile, and she was laughing a lot. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Mamou found us like that, Laleh laughing at the television, me reading my book and concurring with my sister when necessary. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I know where you can find a job,” he said, laughing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the boys are laughing, and a few try to grab Bernard’s arms, but Bernard is stronger than they are, and he hauls off and punches a guy and then yanks Alex from Daniel. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Somebody somewhere was laughing at them, vast and amused. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they make me laugh and people wonder what I’m laughing at, but I don’t want to tell them. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The laughing banjo player, the superb leader of cavalry who has ridden rings around the Union Army. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am annoyed by Radio’s willingness to let this country be the laughing stock of Europe—at the same time when national prestige is no joke—rather than admit its hoax.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I don't know at what point I started laughing, but I did. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They ran, laughing, out the door and disappeared into the woods out back. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

So paranoid he even felt like every clock was actually a giant eye, and every time the bell rang he imagined it was the building laughing at him. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

She’s laughing, it seems, at Dad, who’s next to her on top of a unicycle, his arms out to the sides for balance. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He was laughing silently as the voice followed us out onto the porch. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the laughing stopped real quick when I tried swimming again and my head went back under. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father burst out laughing and Mother and Margot joined in, but I felt like crying because all my work and elaborate notes were lost. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Time to pay up, Filthy, JB says, laughing and waving the scissors in the air like a flag. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Nuah is looking at me laughing, his head tilted in that odd way of his, the wooden prayer beads hanging around his neck askew. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t laughing, but he wasn’t sticking up for Harry either. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

For so long, I hadn’t really heard Margo—I’d seen her screaming and thought her laughing—that now I figured it was my job. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Senseless words were in his mind and he was laughing. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A lady walking by with her dog stopped and stared at us, we were laughing so hard. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Go hungry, then,” Matty told him, laughing, and finished the browned, glistening fish himself. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Men and boys who were already in the fields irrigating looked up, laughing, and the women of Milagro watched O. J. come and go from their front doorsteps or parlor windows. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was laughing and the teacher had to wrestle with him to get him to stop. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

When I looked up to see if my throw had hit its target, the group I was chasing was standing there laughing at me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He never looks up, but I can tell he's listening to John's story as well, laughing at the appropriate places. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t laugh because I don’t like people laughing at me, even if they are policemen. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was flying once again, spinning, laughing, dancing, as the stars wheeled around her and whispered secrets in her ear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He will remember the sounds of the other children in the neighborhood, laughing and pedaling their Big Wheels down the road. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And he was always suspecting that somebody was laughing. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was still singing the song and laughing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Winnie had the feeling he was laughing at her, but decided it was a nice kind of laughing. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He burst out laughing and slammed his cleaver on a salmon, its head shooting across the blood-slicked counter to land perfectly in a little guillotine bucket. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The entire thing was embarrassing and infuriating, but the worst part was Poppy, who was standing with her super-special and shiny coven, smiling and laughing. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Wednesday was smiling, and Nancy was laughing delightedly, an old man’s cackle, and even the dour Czernobog seemed to be enjoying himself. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Grace was laughing even as she kept wiping her eyes. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The crowd starts laughing, and he throws a right punch and you suddenly remember how to block a punch from tae kwon do. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Basil was whooping and laughing and dancing around, stopping to scribble on a notebook pad. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Ahh, nice try, Stella,” I say, laughing as a bright light comes on, illuminating their faces. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Then the johnny pump is blasting cool water everywhere and us and other kids running through it, refreshed and laughing. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Even Savannah was laughing, so I knew it was a good one. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then he disappeared back into the rafters above, laughing all the while. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

By question 11 — “I am terrible at pantomime, as in games like charades” — he was laughing out loud. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched as about fifty Cuban girls, of all ages, sat around eating their cereal, laughing and talking about the upcoming day. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

They whispered some more and started laughing again. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped from my seat and ran into his arms, sobbing and laughing. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

While we were laughing, we noticed Jack had arrived and was walking over to our car. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I played it back and then all of us were laughing. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I looked at him, and I had to bite my tongue because I was going to burst out laughing. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

But my throat is closed and the ice has gone into my lungs and laughing hurts too much. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The aroma was like laughing gas in the dentist’s chair—it made everything else go away. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t mind moving in with Dimple,” Rishi said, laughing, and everyone whipped their heads around to look at him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

We were laughing, but I know that we were afraid of those who loved us most. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He looked at me as though he did not see me and I could not tell whether he was laughing at me or with me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Even if you told me to take my wildest guess, I never would’ve picked bathroom,” Toby said, laughing. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He was laughing too hard to say anything else. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The Nash leaped, and we were cloppeting down the street on those two flats and two good tires, with Papa laughing, sipping from the bottle. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

As red, white, and blue confetti rained down on us and fog machines swirled clouds of vapor around us, we’d hugged each other, sobbing and laughing. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The ride started off as a high ole time, us laughing loud and cutting up behind Mr. Lias as the buggy racked out of Cold Sassy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Back at the barn, resting his sore legs, Greenberg saw Smith laughing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My arms are flailing and I’m grinning and laughing so hard my stomach aches. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But their first sight of a horse pulling a cart will set them pointing and laughing at the ingenuity of the fellow who thought of that one. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

John suddenly mumbled, leaning forward, laughing, and then falling back unable to hold his head up. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Goeth looked into our faces, daring one of us to react, then walked away laughing. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He tilts his head back like he’s laughing at the stars. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A little white stranger boy, near ’bout as old as me, was laughing and carrying on something wild. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I put my hand over my mouth; then I tried to stop my mouth with my fist; if I couldn’t get control of this laughing they would hear me in the room. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I squirm to get away, but yeah, I’m laughing, too. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I hear you and Muthu belly laughing together on our bridge. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I really like hearing which parts have him laughing and which ones get his heart racing. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I could hear people laughing in the distance, squeals, yelps that weren't fear but pretended to be. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Where does she think she’s running to, I wondered, still laughing. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I skinned it but I didn’t feel like laughing. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Despite the danger we were in, I had to bite my tongue to keep from laughing. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Ben danced the first slow dance with Mary Anne, both of them counting steps and laughing as they counted. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our soldier had been laughing loudly at the riddles he always guessed wrong. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But there are other ways to understanding!” he shouted, laughing like a child. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Russian would look at Bobby from near or far, and begin laughing, and once in the communal dining room he pointed to Bobby and said out loud, “Fischer: cuckoo!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Or what if I post my commission rates and people just fall over laughing? Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Children circle around him laughing and teasing him like little dogs snapping at his feet. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It must have been a refrain; each time she sang it, the audience broke up laughing. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was always playing and laughing with me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

This time I thought lunch would be over before he stopped laughing. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men, women and children seized articles and dashed inside shouting, laughing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was bad to stumble, and kept stepping on her feet, but they were laughing and cutting up, just having the best time. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s just what I was imagining. That’s what had me laughing. Thinking on being Hercules, flying down to stop the fence cutters.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I was too stunned to say anything, and fortunately, my mom and the guy were too busy laughing to notice my Iris- message. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

After a few numbers, everyone was covered in sweat and laughing. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It’s not my fault if his friends hear Doo-doo Face and are laughing right at him. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Any young men who visited would have to stand or sit outside on Auntie’s log bench while Angeline stayed, dancing foot to foot, inside the cabin, craning out the window, laughing. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Diego flips the kitchen table the rest of the way over laughing and dives on me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was laughing as though someone had just told him a really good joke. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

And then he looked at me, and something about his expression made me start laughing, which made him open his mouth wide like he’d just realized something. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

"You require passage for a hundred Dothraki, all their horses, yourself and this knight, and three dragons?" said the captain of the great cog Ardent Friend before he walked away laughing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Shawn began to explain the name, so I started laughing—loud enough, I hoped, to drown him out. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Rob’s family was always laughing about something—even Mr. Washington’s mistakes. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t ever imagine a life without my uncle, his laughing, his stories, the way he looks at the world. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

As I watch them now, they are laughing together merrily. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Alex bites his lip and watches Henry squeeze their waists in return, and then Alex has him, inhaling the clean smell of him, laughing into the crook of his neck. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Now that she had been laughing, the words didn’t feel so powerful anymore. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Someone Mr. Kreuk has sent me to sell to, laughing at his bad jokes until the transaction is done? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Olanna looked down at the long red tin and nearly burst out laughing from sheer unexpected pleasure. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The whole courtroom started laughing, so then I started laughing, too. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

For a second he just stares at me, and then he’s laughing so hard he shuts his eyes and tilts his head away from me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Brightbill ran up and down the beach with the other goslings, peeping and laughing and pretending to be afraid of the tiny waves. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Everybody was laughing at him, and I was cross about that, but I had to admit, there was a funny side to it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was laughing, putting on his glasses after wiping them on his cassock, his vision—like mine—clean at last. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of a few days before, when Liam had been in the driver’s seat, singing along to Derek and the Dominos’ “Layla” at the top of his lungs, so off-key that it had even Chubs laughing. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Instead of laughing, as Reynie had expected, Sticky slipped back into his nervous behavior. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, like, who isn’t?” he said, laughing, but in a real shaky sort of way. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

We flung our arms around each other and jumped up and down, laughing for joy. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put down my pencil and glance back at the window, where I can see Mama and Mrs. Shainmark laughing over something. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

They were laughing and pointing down at the red welt that raised on my chest where the Horse was pounding. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He's talking with Jay Bender, and they're laughing and shoving each other. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I snickered and Mr. Ray started laughing too. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then I realized she was laughing and crying. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of the kids were having fun, gawking and laughing and throwing peanuts at the animals, but the sight of those poor creatures made my throat swell up. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

In town the people he saw were laughing and talking. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Ron exchanged glances and then quickly looked away from each other; the temptation to burst out laughing was almost overwhelming. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

With his big belly, bushy beard, and laughing eyes, Mr. Rowan had always reminded Jess of a younger version of Santa Claus. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

We kept laughing until the principal snapped his fingers at us. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Ever since that day we’d had such a good time laughing about the bosom stories, I hadn’t quite known how to act around her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“She was quite good-looking,” said Ron fairly, after he’d stopped laughing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Sing it all you want, she said when she got done laughing. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then Derek started laughing and I got mad at him for laughing but I couldn’t stop laughing. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was the masterful and incommunicable wisdom of eternity laughing at the futility of life and the effort of life. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is no air in the City but there is breath, and every morning it races through him like laughing gas brightening his eyes, his talk, and his expectations. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought Call would die laughing on the spot, but he managed to control himself enough to gasp, “Get it, Wheeze? Get it?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around to see what they were laughing at. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The final odds lit up the board, and Howard burst out laughing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight, Henry’s silly and warm and ready, his body quick and smooth to give Alex what he’s looking for, laughing and incredulous at his own responsiveness to touch. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“She waited a minute, rocking on her heels, and then she lit a cigarette and went and stood by the window. She began to laugh. She went on laughing. I thought she would never stop. ‘ Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was laughing now, which he didn’t do that often. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Groups of students were clustered in the hall mumbling and laughing. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“But you were just laughing with him this morning. I saw you.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

When I reach Tobias’s old room, I sit on the bed and look out the window, where factionless and Dauntless are gathered around the fires, laughing and talking. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We should do this again. Laughing like this is good for the soul,” my uncle said, still laughing a little. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Once he got around two full turns, which no human being should be able to do, and came up laughing and snorting so hard he could barely breathe. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

His hippocampus was treating him to 360° aerials and backward ollies, and Tyson was laughing so hysterically, the sound echoed up the side of the ship. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was seeing me with the sunlight reflecting off my dark hair, laughing my fool head off in the passenger seat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But the officer was laughing; he looked both surprised and impressed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She heard distant music and happy voices talking and laughing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You mean you eat halal?” he asks, laughing again. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Robin’s father bent to pick them up, laughing to keep from showing how deeply he was moved by the sight of them. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I could hear her laughing behind me as the blood swept back across my cheeks and all the way to my ears, like rain streaking over a windshield. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I guess there’s this hazy middle ground between laughing at someone and laughing with someone. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He was always laughing and full of fun too. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

She pulls her face into one of those faces that could be laughing or crying—they use so many of the same muscles—and leans forward. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

We were laughing so hard I had to pull over. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

They’re all laughing and sniping at each other, talking with their mouths full. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Those who’d fought and won were dicing in a comer, laughing as only men who have just faced death and lived can laugh. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Especially when the other two boys are watching and laughing. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Word spread around the room and pretty soon everybody was laughing. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” I said, steering her as far from the laughing man as I could without pushing her into crosstown traffic. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“And how much have you got?” asked my sister, laughing. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The girls went away looking at their silhouettes and laughing. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I uncrossed my eyes and burst out laughing. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

They used to laugh at him and his old ragtag store behind his back, but over the years they made Old Man Shilsky rich and nobody was laughing then. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He became annoyed when I smiled and informed me that my truancy was “no laughing matter.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The laughing kids and the bland smells of the cafeteria press at me like a fog. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

In fact, I'm sure this is Cato's plan because while he's stopped laughing, his lips are set in a triumphant smile. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He was still laughing, and I couldn’t stop, and I tried to get up and I fell down, and I couldn’t stop. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would never occur to Finny to say any of these things, but they struck me as so outrageous that I couldn’t stop myself from laughing. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not exciting. We’re the Spares. Everyone is laughing at us,” Seven said hotly. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Nobody laughed at him anymore; nobody dreamed of laughing at him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Two other soldiers stood nearby, hanging on his every word, laughing when they were supposed to. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He saw her raise her arm and wave and hop about, and for a second he wondered what it would be like to be up there, looking out over the whole city, laughing and waving. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Here and there SS officers sat apart, at their own tables, chatting, laughing, drinking French wine, and attacking beefsteaks or sauerbraten with knives and forks. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I be a fine midwife’s apprentice now. I know about babies and birthing, singing songs and cooking chickens, crying and laughing and reading.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cover his mouth with my hand, but I'm laughing. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And she remembered another day too—Ess joyfully tossing her thin body up into the billowing breeze, laughing into the sunlight, and trusting it. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

We spend our days this way, sitting around, talking, laughing, and loving each other again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have room for any more mistakes out here in the Atlantic, and I couldn’t imagine any of us would be laughing anytime soon. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I should have thought better about following them inside the double front doors of the old deli when they started laughing. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Please, hold your fire!” he said, and broke out laughing. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mama and Daddy stayed awake after I was in bed, whispering, laughing softly. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He jumped out of her reach, laughing, and left the room. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Then, laughing, he slides down and away, throwing a puckish glance back to see if I’ll follow. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Women were banned from laughing out loud or wearing nail polish, and they were beaten or jailed for walking without a male family member. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But Shasta burst out laughing and said, "You do look funny when you're on your back!" The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Jimmy had cuffed him and gone back to his beer, laughing. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Well, I finished my lunch and I ran around the playground, laughing and screaming, when I felt this tickle on my cheek. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were so busy singing and laughing and dancing that they didn’t see the cargo ship as it sliced past the island. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

In spite of the painful sound, it was clear he was laughing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe the fellow was laughing because he remembered things that had happened when he was drunk. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She must have made a noise, some small whimpering, because suddenly both Gitl and Shmuel stopped laughing and looked at her with concern. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three Frey men-at-arms were using them that mom ing as Arya went to the welL She tried not to look, but she could hear the men laughing- The pail was very heavy once full. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We sit on the low stone wall in front of the funeral parlor so we can both see the pictures, reading and laughing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was just as fat as a butterball, and laughing, eyes blue, blue, blue.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her haze her mother was alive and laughing, dancing in front of her cooking fire. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could hear the sounds of the other schools arriving, the loud laughing and talking of kids coming out on the field on both sides of us, but we couldn’t really see them. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

My contrariness kept Char laughing, and his goodness kept me in love. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He could see Black laughing at him through the darkness, as though somebody had pasted the picture from the album over his eyes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

According to this book, I’m supposed to be caught in a whirlwind of teenage emotions, laughing one minute, crying the next, zooming around on a roller coaster, which is their term. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she smiled as if it was all she could do to keep from laughing at the frizz at the end of my braid. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

They were strolling along the banks of a river, laughing. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Federal Registrars followed, laughing with one another. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The halls were packed, everyone smoking, laughing, extra chairs wedged in at full tables, people with plates of food roaming from group to group to say hello. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She is laughing at the two of us and shaking her head. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

His dad was sitting up in bed laughing as Boots tried to feed him cookies. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The men in the booth were still laughing at the drunk who was trying to hold a conversation with the mute. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Two children, pink skinned and of the same size, laughing together. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

This time the two of us were laughing so much we couldn’t stop, even after Mr. Roche came over and made us both switch chairs with the kids next to us. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He saw a candlelit room with a vast white-counterpaned bed, and himself, a boy of nine or ten, sitting on the floor, shaking a dice box and laughing excitedly. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Tether balls that could splash a girl’s head all over the playground in front of laughing friends. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t bro me right now,” Radar says, but he’s shaking his head and laughing. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

My other coworkers, too, like to joke around, and I find myself laughing and dancing around the kitchen and happily flying up and down the stairs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were dancing around the gym, laughing and screaming and chanting. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The only really difficult part was not laughing myself, especially when Art3mis started doing note-perfect recitations of all of Carol Cleveland’s lines in the Castle Anthrax scene. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

All the women were laughing and clapping their hands, and all the men were teasing George. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, he didn’t have any idea what the hell she was talking about either, but he started laughing while the rest of us were still looking up “suppuration” on the feed English-to-English wordbook. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finnick and I fall back in the sand, laughing our heads off. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were laughing and joking with each other as they headed for the gate to see friends and family or just go into town and have fun. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Patrolman Mancuso looked more downtrodden than ever, but Mrs. Reilly was tapping one foot on the linoleum and laughing shyly at what she was watching in the center of the room. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to control his laughing but he couldn’t, so he stopped, took off his glasses, and wiped his eyes. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Penelope was breathless as he spun her into a fast twirl, but she was laughing, too. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I said, because I thought ears falling off was pretty cool, and she got to laughing so hard, Dad had to pat her on the back. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The young wolf followed, and, laughing joyously, Miyax crawled after them both. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the teacher wasn’t laughing meanly, and suddenly it seemed like nobody was trying to be mean, just having a giggle. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He would complain of the ailments of old age, he suffered from the most insignificant economic difficulties, and he had stopped laughing a long time back because scurvy had made his teeth drop out. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

We were laughing and going on about the game so much people must have thought we were drunk or something. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

They’ll bum us out, he warned her, laughing, when they smell what you cook in a house. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spent the rest of the afternoon spitting into the river, and they had to keep laughing because he kept saying, “Ugh! Awful! It tastes like poison!” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“If I looked like that,” said the Julian voice, kind of laughing, “I swear to God, I’d put a hood over my face every day.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Lyra had never seen such a sight, never heard such a bellow; it was like a mountain laughing. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Jo, laughing, “if my people are ‘philosophical and metaphysical’, it isn’t my fault, for I know nothing about such things, except what I hear father say, sometimes. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy looked at me as if I were some exciting new zoo animal and he was about to burst out laughing. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

God, I see us there, throwing down the lines, hoping, sometimes laughing. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“So? So, that’s thousands of people to stand around staring and laughing at me.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They were laughing hysterically, leaping from foot to foot and throwing their arms around like wild apes. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Near the bottom they met Nately coming up and stopped laughing. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

For a second it looked as if she was thinking about laughing. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet Harry could not help himself talking to Ginny, laughing with her, walking back from practice with her; however much his conscience ached, he found himself wondering how best to get her on her own. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I watched the boys go about eating and laughing and talking with the men. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he surfaced, he was laughing and snorting with water up his nose. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Ranofer grinned in spite of himself, and in a moment they were laughing together, though still uncomfortably. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Dancing transformed her. She moved her shoulders somewhat coquettishly and her eyes and entire face were laughing and exuded joy.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

James bit his lip to keep from laughing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Ess gasped, her mouth open wide, but when the buds blossomed into petals of fire, she screamed and clapped her hands, and Jinny couldn’t help laughing with her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

After a minute, I wasn’t sure if I was laughing or crying. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My siblings were sitting there listening to this request, laughing. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We too soon left, laughing and singing, and rejoined our group. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we’re both laughing and picking up gourds, making sure none of them have cracked. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

And that's when Pastor Carter starts sweating, and Sister Jefferson starts laughing. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

We like to died laughing, watching that bloated chicken wobble around like a dern balloon. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Olanna was sitting on Mohammed’s veranda, drinking chilled rice milk, laughing at the delicious cold trickle down her throat, at the stickiness on her lips, when the gateman appeared and asked to speak to Mohammed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There were people in her house, and they were laughing and yelling and their voices were rough and loud and had the sharp edges of crushed-up beer cans. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The knights and I had to jog after them, laughing all the way. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He busted out laughing and pointed at me like a kid. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Ade burst out, and if I had not known that slightly shrill voice, it would have been hard for me to imagine the round, laughing Ade sounding that way, so angry. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dad stares at me for a second and then bursts out laughing. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As the fourth boat landed, an officer stepped off and barked a command at the laughing men. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Many still live in other places around our island,” he replied, laughing at my foolishness. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the burning haze cleared from my eyes, the first person I saw was Zach, untouched and laughing at me. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

When she rides the elevator down and heads across the floor, she can hear them laughing and talking loudly. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She stopped laughing for a long time, but she laughs here, like she used to in Kobani. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Couples and crowds flowed in and out—their cheeks flushed, pleasantly drunk—stumbling and stoned or just laughing at some joke I’d never hear. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

What remained of the Vincent de Paul and Holy Angels faculties sat at one table, laughing together. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t hear of it, and within minutes the pretty golden baby was lying on his back in the center of my bed, laughing at me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her head was tipped back and she was laughing. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then Mom gasped and began laughing and crying all at once, and alternately holding her hands over her mouth and holding on to Emma and Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Well!” said she, laughing, after a moment, “perhaps. Yes. Anything you like.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Courtney “coughs,” but I can tell he’s really laughing into his hand. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

It felt nice under my feet, so nice I almost began laughing, but I wasn’t stupid enough to do that, yet. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He claps his hands together with a loud smack and does a laughing two-step dance. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

His face is totally serious at first, but then he cracks and starts laughing. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

A woman with white hair and the soft, round face of a dumpling answers, still laughing from the conversation she left. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“This is where we take scientists and reporters wanting to know about our mother. It’s where the family gangs up on them,” he said, laughing. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They dashed out of the compound, laughing loudly. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Told you he would feel it soon,” Woody said, laughing. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

At the stronghold he tied the ribbon around thp puppy’s neck, laughing as it backed out of the loop and chewed at the ends of the ribbon. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no,” Gogol says, shaking his head, laughing, at once insulted and oddly aroused. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She shot me a look, but then started laughing. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Tally felt a big, slow smile roll across her face, and she fell back onto the grass, laughing. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was hilarious to watch the aunties and uncles, lying on the ground, laughing until they cried and blaming each other for letting go of the rope. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

As the door slams behind me, I hear kids laughing at my answer. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

As he couldn’t, Jo wiped his eyes for him, and said, laughing, as she took away a bundle or two... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No matter how it sounds, no matter what you think, it happened. And you’re not helping me deal with it by laughing.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The glass room above the Pit is full of Dauntless, some of them walking the ropes above our heads, some talking and laughing in groups. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The men in her yard, yelling and laughing, were the kind of white men who had beat up Tommy Williams just because he accidentally looked the wrong way at a white lady from Atlanta. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He was drenched to the skin, but he held his face up and let the water hit his eyelids, laughing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also stirred a sort of envy in him by telling him that during the Two Minutes Hate her great difficulty was to avoid bursting out laughing. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“No, boy,” Elisha said, laughing, “I don’t want to wrestle with you. You too strong for me.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I look at Max and burst out laughing. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Ho ho ho,” he tried to keep from laughing. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

We took turns with the mirror as we ate mul­berries, pelted each other with them, giggling, laughing. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He’s laughing, but I can see the worry swooshing around inside of him. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I wonder if laughing is another curious thing about him. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Singer could see the other patients calling out to each other and laughing. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We wait for the taxi, laughing and making jokes. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

This makes her and the girls on each side of her fall over laughing. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Fair Gwen is laughing to herself and shaking her head. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance, I can hear the sound of kids yelling and laughing. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And now I was raining apples at him and laughing myself weak. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time she was long at labor and when Wang Lung came home at evening he found his father standing at the door and laughing and saying, “An egg with a double yolk this time!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

"Warm and cold. Young and old," he says, still laughing, wiping hilarious tears from his eyes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She froze in terror, and then burst out laughing—nervous, near-hysterical laughter. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But also many houses where nothing was cooking, where no one was laughing or even talking, dark rooms full of weary faces and scroungy dogs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But now I was even more petrified because I didn’t want the judge to think I wasn’t taking him seriously because I was laughing. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And before I could say anything—and I was going to—Coach, like, Coach Coach, started laughing too. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Somewhere, the escaped fairy princess was laughing to make the sun rise, and Jack and Sarah began to laugh, too. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was trying to sound reproachful, but I couldn’t help laughing. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bet I’ll be the only person laughing in the classroom since Arthur’s ridiculous but super-helpful mnemonic devices will lead me to victory. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

We all crowded out of the auditorium and rushed, laughing and shouting, toward the new classroom building. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The look on his face is so funny that I can’t help laughing. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They chatter up and down the line, sometimes laughing and joking, sometimes spitting bitter debates. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even know what a philosopher did for sure, but her laughing messed me up. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Conrad stormed through the door, laughing and shouting and bothering us, babbling so fast that some of his words were garbled. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Of course die whole bus started laughing and hollering. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Asha was laughing at something one of her men had said, but broke off at his approach. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I lingered in the shadows by the window and watched Lissa and her dad move around the kitchen, laughing and talking. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then I hear the sound of coughing, and Dad is no longer leaning against the car, now he’s moving toward the hose, and laughing. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

She looked up, surprised, and threw it back, laughing. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Axel hears Emmett’s words, but his heart is too focused on the picnic table and the smiles, and the way Byrd keeps laughing with her whole body. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Grace cried, but she was laughing as she reached for it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Because she doesn’t notice, but his friends are laughing and not even hiding it. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Zeppelins! Gyropters!” she said, laughing and tossing Lyra up and making her laugh too. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

You know how when you start laughing sometimes and your eyes start to water and you just can’t stop? Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Still laughing and still snarling Argaven came up dose and stared straight at me. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

To many of my classmates Mrs. Finley’s dramatic readings of the English poets were comical, and I went along with laughing at her, but secretly I wanted to be an English poet. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“You got the rest of the stuff? And leave me alone if you can’t stop laughing.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Donna is too busy talking and laughing with the other girls to notice when I leave the VIP booth with Kasim. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The supreme commander appeared so frail that Tyrion was afraid laughing might kill him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I thought. But Red and Daddy were laughing about it, like it was some big joke. ‘Ought to do that here,’ said Daddy. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all laughed through sealed lips to keep from laughing full out. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He emptied cupboards and drawers, he unmade his bed, he grabbed homework papers and ran away, laughing. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dylan and Elsie both go red in the face from laughing at me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

A group of people stand around my unfinished house laughing and talking, holding old-fashioned bottles of root beer. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Simmon showed the effects almost immediately, laughing louder, grinning wider, and fidgeting in his seat. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks were pink from laughing, and she was shaking her head. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I flipped through and read a few pages, laughing at our inside jokes and missing those girls even more. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

They wrestled and rolled and clung to each other, one snarling and yapping, the other laughing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Often, it was a long business to get anything done between us, with Mother laughing and egging each of us on by turn. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The taller one, laughing, says, “I wonder if you pull its leg off, will it grow back, like starfish?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s not fair. You didn’t count to ten,” Mr. Muse said, laughing and turning red like a tomato. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

It took every inch of my self-control to keep from laughing, but then Nan looked at me all wide-eyed, and we busted into a fit of giggles. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

It was hard to imagine laughing like that with Trevor again. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I could hear the Odoms inside eating supper, everybody laughing and saying “Pass the butter” and stuff. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

People coming and going, enjoying their food, laughing or texting or whatever it is people do at restaurants. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Harry was talking loud and he kept laughing without any reason. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was aware, somewhere, of people laughing and talking in many languages. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She reaches out and we hold each other, crying and laughing. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

When he first showed up on our corner last fall, the laughing man was always mumbling under his breath. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

At Persian parties we’d stand together in the corner, watching all the older Persian men play, laughing at the arguments that inevitably ensued even if we couldn’t understand a word that was said. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Then all the mothers cleared the tables and swept off the long white tablecloths and, all laughing, folded them together and boxed up the extra food, and there was a lot. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was a mob of kids outside like always, pushing and laughing and standing around talking, even though it was still freezing and had started to rain. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Then we finally rolled into the dining room, which was crowded with noisy, laughing customers. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I tried to glower at Sohrab, but it was impossible, because he was squinting again and I ended up laughing instead. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I welcome you today like a chief. Your feet may touch the ground when you lose your chieftaincy, which begins now,” my uncle said, laughing, as he set me down. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Baby’s slipper fell off and they stopped to pick it up, Baby saying “No!” and laughing at the same time. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We clasp hands and join the circle dance, leaping and laughing. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I was doing a lot of talking in my head so that I would be deep in conversation with myself by the time I got to the laughing man. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

William may have joked in front of the children, but the new regime was no laughing matter. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He laughed through the hole in his face where his nose had been, and Biter started laughing too, until Murch cursed them and told diem to shut up. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"Me? Truly? Then why were they laughing at you, I wonder?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

With twelve grains he’d go for a jog afterward, laughing and singing “Tinker Tanner.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then I realize that I'm laughing because I'm laughing. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“It’s Mother who has to listen to them laughing,” I pointed out. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started laughing, this wild kind of laugh that I couldn’t control. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And he stopped laughing, and he said, “Yep. It’s 30 pounds.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But she had gone off laughing and sure. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Dri took it out of his hand and he started laughing again, so hard he cried. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

We used to watch together on weekends, with the Hangouts bar open in the corner of our screens, commenting on all the contestants,laughing, even though we could only see tiny squares of each other. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She grabbed my hand and almost pulled me off my feet, laughing out loud, and we flew across the school fields, swinging hands for all the world to see. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Everybody’s laughing, pretending that they don’t know what I’m talking about. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He was obviously a rascal, but what a change it was to hear somebody laughing once in a while. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I heard a lot of shouting and laughing ahead of me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You girls okay in there?” her mom shouts, and we can’t stop laughing. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Her humiliation lasted the entire hour—by the end, even the teacher was laughing a little at her. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I asked Richard back when the laughing man was brand-new and I was still trying to figure him out. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I wondered what it was we were laughing about. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Then she dodged away, and I had to chase her around the cairn, both of us laughing, Emma ducking out of view only to pop up again and vamp for the camera. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Alice was laughing hysterically at Fay’s suggestion that we all join a nudist colony, and she leaned over and accepted a drink that Fay poured for her. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The idea is so ridiculous I can’t stop myself from laughing. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Once I finished competing in my events, I would spend the rest of the day huddled in the bleachers with my friends chatting and laughing, or at the concession stand grabbing warm pretzels and nachos. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

We all end up laughing, and the night ends with card games and Scrabble, and I go to bed, full in so many, many ways. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He had never seen us laughing together, of course. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The couple sitting beside us on the couch, the girl was drunk and laughing and bumping into me every so often. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“And I do believe that sound is the sheriff laughing.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

My mother kept laughing it off, telling me to get over it, that it was kids being kids, no big deal. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There was a muddle of arms and laughing and I wished I could go up to my room. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the background, cartoons are playing, and I’m in my high chair, laughing and singing along with the characters. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She took him by the hand, laughing and teasing, calling him her giant of Lannister. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Later he realized this to be a very daring thing to ask, that he never would have asked a Chinese girl why she was laughing. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the next page, two girls sat laughing on a blanket, their arms around each other’s shoulders. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was so freaky that I laughed even harder than I’d already been laughing. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Now you know what it feels like to be a dumb beast,” said the Blue Monkey, laughing nastily, “like my little brothers and sisters at the zoo.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I put the coffee urn in the church kitchen, which was filled with ladies doing dishes in the cavernous metal sinks, everybody full of food and laughing about nothing. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Still, his dad’s been in the Residence for three days without incident, and one day Alex catches him in the kitchens with two of the cooks, laughing and dumping peppers into a pot. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s not true. He was happy when we were in France together, he was younger, much younger, and laughing and gay.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I sure hope so,” her father said, laughing himself. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was mocking laughter, and the woman standing there beside him was laughing, too. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth could imagine her laughing as they fell into the depths. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She was drunk, stumbling sideways and laughing as she sloppily embraced him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The three of them were talking and laughing, and when they saw Annabeth, their faces lit up with delight. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

We pointed out other things—the spring, the cave, a gull flying, the sun and the sky, Rontu asleep—trading the names for them and laughing because they were so different. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Talking and laughing together, they stepped out into the light. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Lissa managed to stop laughing, she said, “You looked like a wild girl, a savage.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Two went on one side of him, laughing and chatting, and two went on the other, hand in hand, murmuring into each other’s ears. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

On the right side, my mother and Prim, laughing. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hate thinking about her there, laughing with those girls like she never sat on a rug with me in the corner of the library crying about our favorite sad part in a book. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

A boy dashed wildly into the darkness; he sauntered back, his blue jacket over his shoulder, laughing. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I can hear voices talking and laughing in the next room. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“You must ask your Daddy, dear,” said the woman, laughing at us. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

They gathered at the barbershop for drinks and socializing—talking and sharing jokes and laughing loudly. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Shay is rolling her eyes at him and laughing. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Momma would fix them supper, and when he went in with the milk, he’d find them all laughing and chattering. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Once my eyes adjust to the dim hallway light, I see Christina and Will ahead of me, Will laughing, probably at a joke Christina made. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But Satchmo was in no mood for laughing. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He always looks like he’s laughing with sarcasm at something, privately. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Nell put her hands up to catch them and spun around laughing. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mermaid in the painting in the prefects’ bathroom was laughing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

His hair looked redder than ever, only this time it was not because he was laughing. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The Bull darted between the trees, not laughing anymore, just running with Virgil’s backpack in his hands. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Milkman reached up for her as she came timidly down the bank, slipping, stumbling, laughing at her own awkwardness, then squealing as the cold river water danced up her legs, her hips, her waist. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I told him to listen,” Mother would say, tears in her eyes from laughing. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Malachy runs from me, up the stairs, and now I hear Dad and Mam laughing till they see he can choke on the teeth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She was laughing at some, shaking her head at others. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

In the back of her mind, she could almost hear Gaea laughing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Watch out for internal bleeding, Dad,” Ben said, laughing from an upstairs window. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole class gets laughing so hard I forget that Addie is in serious trouble. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was laughing so hard that I had to hug my belly. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Our eyes meet and our puffed-out cheeks make us both burst out laughing. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I start coughing because I’m laughing so hard. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He made a sad face, and Mom said, “Oh, no! How late am I?” and then she looked at me and we both started laughing. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Ruth, though, was laughing and laughing, and kept nodding to everything being said about Martin just like she too was remembering them. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She left the table and almost ran from the room, and Theodora ran after her, laughing, down the corridor and into the little parlor, where Luke and the doctor stood before the fire. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s payback time,” Char says, laughing out loud. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Harmless when I’m alone, am If "To Renly!" she replied, laughing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I remember laughing and running on that beach, trying to keep my kite from falling down out of the sky. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Ifemsco, see you, beautiful babe, even after a long flight,” she said, laughing, dismissing the compliment, playing at her old role of the girl who was not the pretty one. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

My sisters and I stand, arms around each other, laughing and wiping the tears from each other’s eyes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if my sister does exist, then what is she, and what makes that thing that she now is identical with the beautiful girl laughing at her little sister on that forgotten day? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“They were having such a good time laughing and singing songs that they didn’t notice me when I jumped into the picnic basket,” continued Chester. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The grown-ups split their sides laughing, and we enjoyed ourselves every bit as much. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Daddy makes a sound something between coughing and laughing. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

As I got closer, I thought maybe she wasn’t laughing after all. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

‘You have a strange sense of humour, girl. What are you laughing about?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“There's no moon tonight,” said the first, a boy with laughing blue eyes and dirt on his cheek. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I told him Ryan was joking, but that made it worse, because David laughed and laughed in that twisted position, and Ryan mimicked David, tipping his own head way over, laughing. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

By now he’s laughing so hard, he can barely contain himself. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe the laughter is contagious or Lorena is high now, too, because she starts laughing harder than I am. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

People laughing and looking over their shoulders while other people waved their hands, appealing for them to stop. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It so happened that Beth’s funny loan was just the thing, for in laughing over the kits, Laurie forgot his bashfulness, and grew sociable at once. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t you read the article? Some of the guys are dressing up as girls and modeling,” he said, laughing. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

"Gods," he swore, laughing, "it feels good to get out and ride the way a man was meant to ride! I swear, Ned, this creeping along is enough to drive a man mad." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why but I just started laughing. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Everyone starts laughing and talking all at once, trying to get in the first insult, but he just laughs them off and says, "Girls love a sensitive man." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He seemed almost ready to burst with laughing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s not rock and roll, but it’s good music,” she said, and let out a raspy chuckle that made it sound like she was laughing at her own little inside joke. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Belonging was drinking and laughing with the platoon, dancing with blond women, buying drinks for buddies born in Cleveland, Ohio. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I squirm around, laughing as he continues to move his fingers right under my shoulder. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Yes—yes—of course,” he cackled, “a grandfather—a grandfather—” and he rose and went to his bed, still laughing. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Marjorie is sitting at the edge of the pool, laughing as someone tries to pull her in. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

You laugh and keep walking, and it takes me a moment to even realize that you are laughing about me, about the answer I gave to Mr. Andrews. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When he finally did get her, he could hear her friends laughing somewhere in the background as she explained that she was really busy. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Now Milton was shaking his head no, and Dr. Luce was putting on a surgical mask, and my schoolmates back in Grosse Pointe were pointing at me and laughing, their faces lit with malicious joy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She glanced at the laughing Ortega; then she knelt down and picked up all the pesos for which Papá had worked so hard. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s alive!” protested the Martian, laughing more now. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

But oh, poor Aunt Rachel, who had been always laughing! The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Suesetta and I look at each other and bust out laughing. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The crystals that hung from it caught the light of the candles on the table and the light from the face of the laughing princess. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Lockhart shouted in alarm over the heads of the battling crowd, as Malfoy sank to his knees; Harry had hit him with a Tickling Charm, and he could barely move for laughing. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She peered into the tubes, laughing to herself and thinking, Nothing’s happening. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Malachy says,Ye, ye, and starts to giggle and I say,Ye, ye, and the twins say,Ye, ye, and we’re laughing so hard we can hardly eat our bread. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

This is their last night together, and everyone is relaxed and laughing. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

That is my least favorite kind of laughing. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When they stopped laughing, she turned and picked up her letter from the table. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Look at me!" he would shout as he ran laughing through the halls of Storm's End. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Someone had broken free of the crowd and charged at Voldemort: Harry saw the figure hit the ground, Disarmed, Voldemort throwing the challenger’s wand aside and laughing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The bird rose into the air, laughing at the useless weapons of the people below, but the arrow followed him upwards and pierced the center of his heart. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

As if it were normal for a dead Mexican woman and a black boy to sit laughing and talking in a white man’s kitchen. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They climbed the six flights of stairs easily—laughing and planning for the dance recital. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

You sat smiling on the floor, blindfolded with a pair of your own black tights, and Vinny came with her spoon, laughing. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He heard Rameel laughing with a small family inside their hut as he showed them pictures of his church and of his family, telling them stories and singing them songs. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He hears a young woman somewhere in the compartment, talking to her boyfriend on a cell phone, softly laughing. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They jostled and bumped one another, laughing, stamping their feet against the cold snap that had surprised the city this week, the last gasp of winter before spring began in earnest. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And way more than Shakespeare’s—I mean, Franny had been with us, breathing and walking and eating and laughing, and shedding skin. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“He certainly seems well enough,” Mrs. Bucket said, laughing. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Cooter was whistling and still laughing every once in the while and, doggone-it-all, I saw how unfair this whole commotion was turning out to be. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

After Dad cleaned me up and I got back in the car, I told Brian and Lori and Mom about the word, and they all started laughing as hard as me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dancing and laughing and looking like a great couple. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

So it was nice hanging out with her, laughing and playing. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Maybe,” said Liz, laughing, and then it was time to hang up. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laughs all through A Modest Proposal and you’d wonder what he’s laughing at when it’s all about cooking Irish babies. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“But those white men will be looking at us, laughing at us,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm laughing, so hard that I fall onto the ground in a wild delirium, and my cheeks hurt with a delightful pain. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Whoever loses takes a drink, laughing along with the rest of the people in the room. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He says, in a laughing Korean, Ah, you, I want it just like that! Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boys and girls exchanging cards and gifts, laughing and giggling and stealing kisses. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Some have suggested that perhaps blacks felt in on the joke, laughing at the over-the-top characters from a sense of “in-group recognition.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I could tell that everyone in the Sweet Pea had stopped laughing and talking and had started looking at me, but I still couldn’t quit bawling. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The bus is laughing and chuckling and shaking they heads. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I’m laughing, but, really, what if I tell Fizz I don’t want to find some hot Muslim guy? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

To look at us, to listen to us laughing, you’d think we had it perfect. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Give me half a reason to dance with you, and we will see who is laughing at the end. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe I used to worry so much about people not liking me. Seems so unnecessary now,” Nicole said, watching a group of black shirts laughing over some private joke. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I tried to act gangsta, but I was grinning and laughing too hard. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

They gnawed off the hard green peels and chewed the juicy white pulp, speaking Hausa and laughing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Virgil could hear her laughing as he placed the mango between his teeth. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

There is laughing along the bench and Miss Barry calls to us, I warned ye against the laughing. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The baby being thrown against the wall, the guards laughing, the crumpling mother. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

To be honest, considering the time we spend pranking and goofing, we don’t spend that much time laughing. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Maybe she’d meet him at the top of the stairs with her hands on her hips, her head to one side, laughing at him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

All the kids laughing at me and pointing. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Two letters for Doctor Jo, a book, and a funny old hat, which covered the whole post office and stuck outside,” said Beth, laughing as she went into the study where Jo sat writing. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I only got to three times nine is twenty-seven before she and Janet started laughing and I started yelling again. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of dreaming their tragic forms, I recreated them as living, laughing people in the cool red confines of RiRi’s tent as she drifted off. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Gradually, however, as the white players began opening up to me, talking, laughing and even joking, I began feeling comfortable in their midst, with the result that I was soon playing at their level. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I eye a nearby cart, manned by a laughing couple and surrounded by a mob of outstretched hands. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

When I come to a stop, Finch is right behind me, laughing his head off. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then, boops, she laughs, a modest laugh that gets bigger and bigger and soon everyone is laughing. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

The quiet, laughing response came from behind me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And then he cracks up laughing, and stupid Eliza is on my other side going ‘What is it? Come on!’ Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Eleanor, running and laughing, came around a curve of the veranda to find Theodora going in another door, and stopped, breathless. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Driving up to the village, Rafik and Nadine, who were smallest in size, huddled on the floor of the back seat, laughing. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Gary jumped off the chair, laughing and raising his eyebrows at me. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s a good joke!” — and for a moment he was laughing, his heart full of family feeling, that tremendous, elemental solidarity. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pictured them talking and laughing, making plans for sleepovers. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“We’d better catch a few more before it gets dark,” I said, still laughing. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z