She could hear their laughter and wondered if he was telling that girl the same jokes he’d told down by the river. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Except I hear laughter coming from the stands. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

A scolding or even a beating might be better than this, he thought, longing for the easy chatter and laughter that usually accompanied their meals. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Diego laughed, and I wanted to preserve the sound in a jar for the days when laughter was scarce. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I know you think me and Johnny went behind your back,” she yells, and there is laughter from the front of the room over some comment, and more applause. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

My friends heard me and roared with laughter. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her laughter would make it easier to accept my social isolation and human freakishness. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their laughter feels so far away it’s as if there’s cotton in my ears. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Harriet was in a stupor most of the time, deaf to the laughter, the dancing and the singing, deaf to the clack of the bones, the beat of the juba. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without people or laughter or learning, the domed building was just a fancy tomb filled with dry and dusty books. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was enough for him to hear the rocking laughter of Pilar in the kitchen to run and take refuge in the laboratory, where the artifacts of alchemy had come alive again with Úrsula's blessing. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Rosemary, and her laughter, had begun to seem real to him, and he pictured her looking up from the bed of memories, shocked. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Someone else happed him upside the head and everyone chuckled, but Magdalys could hear the nervousness creeping around the edges of their laughter. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Would I be stuck inside my house all summer, forced to listen to their voices and laughter echoing throughout my own house? From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The guys and the other kids howled with laughter. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

When Lyddie told the whole story, nearly crying again in her rage, she realized suddenly that Diana was shaking with laughter. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Upon hearing this, Will and John broke into great laughter and patted him on the back, crowing out the motto, tilting comedically, embracing him until he too laughed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

A few hats flew off heads, to shouts and laughter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Their wild laughter wafted through the broken windows and steamed in the cool air. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was noisier than ever before, talk, talk, talk, friends sharing the news, overblown laughter, strong-lunged farmers bellowing their wares. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The laughter of my classmates pops into my head. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He let out a snort of laughter that even Lockhart couldn’t mistake for a scream of terror. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Meg calls after me, and I can hear her laughter echoing through the lunchroom as I walk away. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

At once the platform was full of noise and excitement, scramblings, screams and laughter. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Here there was no loud laughter, no raucous shouting such as marred the dignity of other men's feasts; Lord Stannis did not permit such. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

For a second, I think I hear a peal of deep, mocking laughter. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

From behind one of the doors comes laughter, a man’s and also a woman’s. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

A snort of laughter comes from a bunk a few feet away. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Brand then dropped to the concrete floor, stretched out on his back and yelled with laughter, shaking all over. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

His wild laughter mocked the world and everyone he had ever known. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

When I closed my eyes, I could hear the laughter and radio drifting up to me, taste the spice of chili and wood smoke on the air. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Would his cheeks still be strong and creased by laughter? Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked into his bland eyes for laughter, seeing his red head turned slightly to the side. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They merely stared, with their useless weapons drawn, their shoulders hunched against my laughter. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

True Belle looked at them and had to lean against the wall to keep her laughter from pulling her down to the floor with them. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the searing flames surged and rolled higher along the sides of the shelter, his laughter grew hysterical. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Her laughter stops, and her voice gets louder with each word. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She came home from Weight Watchers meetings to tell him how much she had lost or gained, hiding Twix bars in her handbag and then asking him, with laughter, if he wanted one. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Will clutched at Lyra and they both clung together as the scream turned into wild, mocking peals of laughter, which were answered by other harpy voices in the fog along the shore. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

—You know, with all that laughter and silliness out there, Andy wasn’t smiling. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blinking into the cloudless sky, I recognized laughter echoing around me. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When she finished with the laughter, she laid it down a peal at a time and turned to me, wiping her eyes. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A murmur of laughter went around the walls. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing I heard when I could hear again was laughter. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

A storm of sudden laughter filled the High Hall of the Arryns. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Amari could hear laughter of men on boats and slow, sad chants of slaves working in the rice fields nearby, finishing up their labors for the day. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even his laughter was gruff, more like a bark than a laugh. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But their joined laughter fades as the reality of the moment reasserts itself. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Broad smiles and hollow laughter were undermined by trembling legs and shaking hands. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He backed up against the tree, calling "No! No!" between fits of laughter. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once again, their mother’s laughter spilled out of a downstairs window. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of them dissolve into laughter, but that was an important day for me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The girl had fits of laughter when the baby passed gas. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Before Mr. Curtain could ask what the devil he was doing, Reynie said aloud, as if to himself, “Okay, so it isn’t laughter.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She spikes the ball and the girls collapse on the ground in laughter. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

The other three young men reacted with loud laughter as they readied their horses. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

And again the laughter rang from the flames. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He understood her when she raged and shook her hips and threw back her head in laughter so furious that it seemed the veins of her neck would burst. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They were met with stony silence, or sometimes even jokes and laughter. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw it in the girls, in their loud laughter, in their gilded bamboo earrings that announced their names thrice over. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

A ripple of nervous laughter rolled through the church, a catharsis for Moss. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

This amused both boys so much that Ralph went on squirting for some minutes, between bouts of laughter. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

And the whole, wonderful point of some experiences—music, sex, laughter—is that there are not and never will be any adequate words to describe them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Roger and Billy were still on guard, and there was still a noise of shrieking and laughter from the arena, because only a minute or so had gone by. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

To all this I responded with laughter, happy to be in league against the world of hypocrites and rulemongers. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was so much like what they used to do in fun, chasing each other and screaming with laughter. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then I see Kantorek and am scarcely able to stifle my laughter. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

His feet in place, Maxx swayed his arms to the music, and the crowd erupted with laughter and deafening, sustained applause— the largest ovation by a good measure in Speaker Day history. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

There was much laughter and many smiling faces that day. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the pause that follows, a gale of laughter rises from a few tables over, rippling through the air before settling back down, disappearing into the low, steady hum of conversations and clinking glasses. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A ripple of gentle laughter ran through the large crowd. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried not to laugh, but he wasn’t good at controlling all the laughter that lived inside of him. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Students had gathered on the hockey field nearby, burning paper effigies of Gowon around a glowing bonfire; the smoke curled into the night air and mixed with their laughter and chatter. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

This time the laughter round the table had a nervous, uncertain quality to it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

June 23—Late last night the sound of laughter in the hallway and a tapping on my door. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Screams of laughter covered completely the shouts of the adults trying to regain control, and then the three children were around the corner and out of sight. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She opened her mouth, and he burst into laughter. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

What happy times they had planning together, what solemn shopping excursions, what funny mistakes they made, and what shouts of laughter arose over Laurie’s ridiculous bargains. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The comic line spoken by Harry Hawk, “You sockdologizing old mantrap,” was followed by an explosion of laughter from the audience. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stannis stared at him incredulously, then gave a bark of laughter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And then there is a chorus of “Eew” and “Oh, gross” and “Disgusting,” all mixed in with laughter. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He went on scrambling and the laughter rose to a gale of hysteria. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The squawking of the gulls over the bay echoed like hollow laughter. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

This dampens the tragic effect, and the curtain comes down on laughter. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the maddening laughter continued, each whirling object suddenly contorted, enlarged, ballooned, stretched, shrank, into all sorts of grotesque, shifting monsters, all of them attempting to swallow me up. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The memory of her laughter warmed him on the long ride north. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The class laughed and the Brother joined in the laughter. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he rounded the corner, the sound of muffled laughter filtered out from near the Dumpsters. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Tears-streaming-down-their-faces laughter, the kind you can only share with people who are just as worried and anxious as you are. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Each time we looked at each other we howled louder than before, and though he tried to say something, the laughter attacked him and he was only able to get out “I say, preach.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sullenly, all the laughter gone, the men went too. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing they heard from the garden under the ground was the hyena’s distant laughter dying away as the gates closed behind them. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

When we hear his footsteps retreat back down the hall, Miles and I look at each other and burst into laughter. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

There was Omakayas—laughter from the front and laughter from behind—and suddenly, all of last night’s thunder in her heart. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Ben and I exchanged a knowing glance, and I scrunched up my face to suppress laughter. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The sound of their laughter makes Rani curious, I think, because I feel her breath on my shoulder as she peeks over me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Silence again, and then a louder burst of laughter and jeers. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Barks, yowls, grunts and hyena laughter filled the air. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

As Dill was about to ask Lydia what she had first period, he heard laughter off to the left. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

"An' ain't a farmer's wife in the house," the voice called through the titters of bitter laughter. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

But no one’s hand can wipe away those tears he sheds invisibly today, which one hears in his laughter and in his speech and in his songs. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

I especially love twirling them and hearing laughter in their voices. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The voices in the visitors’ hall had a lift to them, now and then there was laughter. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His laughter before the hand-slip and the water closing quickly over the place. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He no longer served pepper soup or drinks, but he could listen to the regular rise and fall of their voices, the laughter, the singing, Master’s shouting. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The wood walls didn’t creak; they echoed with music and laughter and powerful stories. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They shut their mouths tight to prevent the laughter escaping, but that didn’t do any good. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Everyone laughs, but they follow their laughter with more cheering. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The yellow smoke hissed from the dragon's nostrils: that was his laughter. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Hold your tongue, you disrespectful old bird!” cried Polly, tumbling off the chair with a bounce, and running to peck the ‘rattlepated’ boy, who was shaking with laughter at the last speech. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otherwise the pain would escape him even though the laughter was part of the pain. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he’d cleared his eyes, Mulch had disappeared down a vibrating hole, and there was the sound of hearty laughter shaking the cherry trees. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

This was particularly tricky at Booker because the hallways were so crowded and loud—slamming lockers, high-pitched laughter, voices shouting in different languages. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I needed truth and light, to remember my baby’s laughter. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The green light of the forest was strangely at odds with the adolescent laughter, too murky and ominous to be in harmony with the light banter around me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They kept their laughter low, and after a while they lay back on the grassy bank and slept, close together. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the laughter followed, and it washed away the terror of the interaction. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Hence the laughter of the women to whom he made proposals, the practical joking of his equals among the men. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

We both throw our arms down on the table and dissolve into hysterical laughter. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

We burst into peals of laughter, and the roar of the guns bothered us no more; our fears had all been swept away. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The hyenas woke me with their crazy laughter. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

His smile was broader and he was quicker to laugh—a sort of silent breathy laughter that showed in his eyes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

There was some more good-natured laughter at the expense of women. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

All movement, all laughter on the sidewalks stopped. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

"No more of them booty-funk incense either," Simeon said, opening the door, his laughter lingering in the store after he and Kenzi left. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He let out a chuff of laughter, revealed missing lower incisors. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were both beautiful, with dark hair and easy laughter. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even when she looked serious—as she did now—her face held the possibility of joy and laughter. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

An awkwardness had sprung up after those few months, where before there would have been playful laughter and in-depth conversation and harmless bickering between us. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

On cue, the hallway around me bursts into laughter. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

On the other end Don Fabio must have made a joke because the American breaks out in laughter, then calls Checo to the phone so his supervisor can speak with him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Our laughter kept the feathers in the air. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment or two the forest and all the other dimly appreciated places echoed with the parody of laughter. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

In the dream, I made my maiden entrance upon the stage, and the audience at once broke into gales of applause and laughter. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Dang, she do talk white!” another kid called out, and then the room erupted in laughter. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The laughter I had inside just poured out of me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

From down the hill we heard the sound of breaking glass and rough, coarse laughter, and then six demon soldiers walked by, their blanket rolls bulging with loot, valuables tucked into their belts. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time Rosie trots ahead of August and stops, they roar with laughter. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

As Gatsby closed the door of "the Merton College Library" I could have sworn I heard the owl-eyed man break into ghostly laughter. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Its sound rocketed forward, and the laughter that followed traveled the same trajectory. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He fell for the shy singer with the soft laughter and huge sparkling eyes who was almost as tall as he, and Marian, as she later admitted, was attracted to Orpheus. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

When a stand-up puts down a heckler, he has to do so by being funnier: compelling laughter, very directly, gets the audience on his side. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Behind him came the mangled body of Lupito, jerking crazily to the laughter of the towns people. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can almost hear the laughter from the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I listen for the shy laughter of his most pleasant dreams. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The question seems to suck all the residual laughter out of his face and I’m immediately sorry I asked. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I love a fresh mouth, ah, a scented mouth, And curving hair, subtle as a smoke, And light fingers, and laughter of green gems. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the music and the laughter, the buzz of the building throbbed in Pong’s temples. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Voices drifted across the water, laced now and then with laughter that rang like crystal touched in a toast. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She hoisted herself spryly into the back, then suddenly broke into happy laughter. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And sometimes you just want someone for the night,” Sammy says quietly, beneath the laughter. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost fall down the stairs because of the swaying and burst into laughter when the grass tickles my bare feet. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Joe sat in alfalfa, momentarily stunned, while Bloom and Nancy writhed in paroxysms of wonderful idiotic laughter. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel the relief slipping away amid the clapping and music and laughter. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly, for some reason best known to themselves, they all burst into shrieks of laughter. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Macon rubbed the back of his head while Freddie bent double with laughter. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

My grandfather had described it a hundred times, but in his stories the house was always a bright, happy place—big and rambling, yes, but full of light and laughter. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Sheets of rain fall around me, and I hear sizzling over the laughter. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“You had one job,” Reg joked, but it seemed the whole group was out of laughter. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When I hear laughter, I look up to see Susan Chang—the only other half-Asian girl in our school—clutching a blue and gold ribbon like she’s afraid she might lose it. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Our squeals of laughter riled up the chickens, and soon they were flapping their wings, shrieking along with us. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Quentyn saw one mount a dog, as the other hopped onto a pig ... only to slide right off again, to a smattering of laughter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Billy was involuntarily making convulsive sounds that were a lot like laughter. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She let go and sprawled back on the grass in convulsions of laughter. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The laughter echoes again as I hurriedly break off the arrowhead—I’ll be crippled for life if it’s dragged through my leg. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was a ripple of unfriendly laughter from the class around him, and Calder could feel the back of his neck getting hot. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

And at the station she somehow got past their brutal laughter. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He and the other youngsters held endless running, jumping, and wrestling matches with much shouting and even noises that sounded very much like laughter. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But with my bit of Elfian and gestures and laughter, we cobbled together a language understood by all. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Knight roared with laughter as he related the episode to Yossarian. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Maddy busted out laughing, white mush in her mouth, and I was right behind her, my laughter scrubbing away the last 10 percent of sad in me. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Before we had finished, voices from the shelter had resumed and were succeeded by peels of triumphant laughter. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron headed upstairs, smothering their laughter at Malfoy’s obvious rage and confusion. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I glance up from our conversation as my teammates roar with laughter about something. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She dropped heavily into a chair and went into a gale of laughter that made her big bosom shake as though it were going to fly off. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kira lowered her head and limped past them, ignoring the cruel laughter. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not say anything else until lunch was over, but I listened to every word spoken, followed every cackle of laughter and line of banter. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But up the stairs came the smell of bacon frying already, and when she almost fell downstairs, the kitchen was bright and full of laughter. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Us boys thought it was a bit funny but the girls screamed with laughter like the TV audience on Happy Days. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“He doesn’t ever need to know where the tie came from. I give you my solemn word”—this from a man hysterical with laughter. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

No sooner were they out of earshot than Malfoy burst into laughter. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And then she erupted into laughter just like she did in class. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Slowly, we started to titter and crack up, collapsing finally into full-blown fits of laughter. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Men chase women down corridors, and laughter and spirited chaos ensue. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

At a cocktail party one of his colleagues had finally explained to him the reason for the laughter and whispering that were disrupting his previously respectful classes. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here on Maxwell Street, weeping was as common as bawling babies, quarreling, and laughter. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

His mother’s peals of laughter traveled down the phone line. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I looked into his bland eyes for laughter, seeing his red head turned slightly to the side. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

After they passed, I could hear them howling with laughter. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

A human noisemaker flooding the woods with laughter and scaring away all fish within a quarter of a mile. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cash registers chime, and shouts of laughter are eclipsed by a huge boom. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was a ripple of laughter, instantly quelled by the look Snape gave the class. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then I realized the mountain was silent—no music, no voices, no laughter. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I did not hear the whispers of “backyard snob” or the ridiculing laughter. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Isaiah hopped onto his hands and knees to oink like a pig once more, to laughter and even more applause. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The dining room was full of laughter and donut dunking. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The air was sweet with the aroma of boiling jellies and preserves and the laughter of the women. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked strange, as if she were torn between hysterical laughter and fear. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was a house that needed painting, one that seemed to cry out for habitation and laughter beneath its roof. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There we were, the four of us, hysterical, released, rocking with laughter and gasping for breath which ran out as fast as we sucked it in. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

As much as he tried he couldn’t hide the leftover smiles and laughter from his visit; his eyes sparkled as he sprawled himself out on the bed of grass. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

They all hold back their laughter this time, for of course, Maria Teresa is parroting her big sister’s plans. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Heard their hallway conversation, and the bathroom laughter penetrating the broom closet like fumes from her bottle of ammonia. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there's laughter and congratulations from several voices. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

His family groaned in chorus and the colonel threw back his head and bellowed with laughter. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room becomes a swirl of laughter and light and color. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The thought of her mortification kept me company for a long time, but the sounds of music and laughter and Cisco Kid screams broke into my pleasant revengeful reveries. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It matters not!” shrieked Voldemort, who had followed every word with rapt attention, but now let out a cackle of mad laughter. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And Arthur sinks into his chair while everyone, myself included, bursts into laughter because of how often he used to take selfies with mannequins on his dad’s phone while they shopped for school clothes. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The rest of the time they remained silent except for the occasional giggle fit or burst of laughter. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I heard laughter, the slosh of wine being poured from a bottle, the tinkle of butter knives tapping porcelain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She held her own up and cackled with laughter. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can hear the third-grade laughter ringing in my ears all over again. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Varys hooted as if that was the funniest thing he had ever heard, but there was no laughter in his eyes when he turned them on Tyrion. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Victoria Forester laughed at the skinny shop-boy, laughed long and loud and delightfully, and her tinkling laughter followed him back over the hill, and away. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

When the laughter finally died in her throat, they wrapped her in warm blankets and led her back to the Great Keep, to her own chambers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Emily waited for James to double over in laughter or compare her family to a traveling circus, but all he did was shrug and say, “That sounds cool. My dad travels a lot, too.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The memory of this incident still brought tears of laughter to Dudley’s eyes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Wang Lung, then, in the space of five years had four grandsons and three grand-daughters and the courts were filled with their laughter and their weeping. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The older women laughed at some of my designs, but their laughter was kind. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he slipped from her hands and sailed away out over the water they could still hear his bubbly laughter. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Pope was delighted and had the book read aloud to him at table, roaring with laughter at the digs at the Jesuits. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my goodness! That little goose means a centaur, and she called him a Cyclops,” exclaimed Jo, with a burst of laughter. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men at the bar burst into laughter. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He looked at me for an instant with a serious expression, and then we both broke out simultaneously in wild laughter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

We couldn’t hold in our laughter at that. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Jeering laughter came to him again, from a distance. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The laughter splashes from table to table around the whole cafeteria. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Dark garden passages fill with revelers and laughter. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She leaned back in the chair as she hooted with laughter. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Sure there were moments at school, passing shouts of laughter. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Pulling the seat of his Charlie Chaplin pants to the side, he broke into deep laughter. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sees his father turn red, trying his best to hold in his laughter as Gabriel stands up and begins to dance as he had witnessed their mother doing while dusting a few days before. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Kaisa broke into laughter, and it was a good, solid laugh, and soon enough Ash could not help but laugh with her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was an eruption of jeering laughter from around the table. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Izio wrapped his arms around his middle, trying to hold in the laughter so he wouldn’t wake his mother. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I hear shouts and conversations, laughter and shuffling footsteps. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Yossarian broke into laughter when he spied the chaplain’s cheerful grin and asked him what in the hell he was so happy about. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I hear footsteps and laughter at the end of the hallway, and we break apart. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

George’s charged laughter filled the air, and soon, Kelly was chuckling too, though she didn’t know why. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He accepted the laughter and derision of his students with an embarrassed charm and a touchingly astonished grace. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was indulgent laughter, more applause, then Charles announced that it was dinner. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Subdued laughter filled the room for a few seconds. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Shed, how is that to be? It would entail much explaining, and besides, all this laughter gives me hunger,” said Fangor. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

My jab elicited laughter from a few of his friends and the other students standing nearby. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The last I saw of him was his straight back convulsed in laughter, his khaki pants and knee socks spattered with mud. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

No heat of sun ever reddened her cheeks, and no open laughter raised the corners of her mouth. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The hunger ate away their smiles and silenced their childish laughter. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Voices and laughter, cigarette smoke and strange sweet smells I don’t recognize wash through sudden bursts of music and electric light. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

To get the dragon’s pearl, they would have to ask to see the king, which, Pinmei suspected, would result in mocking laughter. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“A little. There’s an unseen river of communication that forever flows—dark and powerful. Tonight was about food and laughter, yes. But it was also about navigatin’ that river.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The whole face, in fact, was alight with fun and laughter. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

The monkeys’ shrieks were starting to sound like hysterical laughter, getting louder and louder like a volcano about to erupt. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeoma chattered as she put the rice back on the stove and chopped two purple onions, her stream of sentences punctuated by her cackling laughter. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Blond bombshell,” Queenie said, and spluttered with laughter at her own joke. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

People were trying to knock down the pins while screeching with laughter. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Thalia and I pulled helplessly at the bricks while a ripple of ugly laughter ran through the Titans army. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The sound of mock hunting, hysterical laughter and real terror came from the beach. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Two more boys with plastered heads and round eyes came out of the bushes, buttoning shirts that had already dampened onto their shoulders and arms, and I tried to stop the laughter, but I couldn’t. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” repeated Harry weakly, while Dean and Seamus continued to roar with laughter. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They had spread a blanket near a fire and hung a lantern on a tree and they sat around the blanket slapping bugs in die dark, surrounded by campfires, laughter and music. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When there was laughter at a joke he didn’t understand Frankie laughed delightedly behind his chair and when the conversation dealt with abstractions his brow furrowed and he became intent and serious. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shrieks of her laughter rippling through the kitchen with its wooden table and cast-iron pots, and her father standing at the stove grinning, a spatula raised above a sizzling pan. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

R.C. could stand it no longer and fell to the ground, snorting and choking, trying to stifle his laughter. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

It cracked with the laughter of madness as it inflicted death upon the people. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ribbons of laughter rose like cooking smells from downstairs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other goslings were teasing him about something when they suddenly burst into laughter, and Brightbill turned and hurried home with a stormy expression on his face. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But with his old friends there was no laughter, no remembering. Ender's Game 1985-01-15T00:00:00Z

There was a crash behind the shack, followed by laughter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When he finally rolled off, his face was gray and no one stopped him when he ran from the floor amid booming laughter. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The laughter was soon forgotten, perhaps because nobody had ever fully believed the prince story—Kayode, after all, always called Emenike Bush Boy behind his back. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The wrinkles around them were drawn in radial lines inward by laughter. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘I is having early suppers today!’ he shouted, holding the poor squirming soldier at arm’s length and roaring with laughter. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Giant let out a bellow of laughter. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They needed recreation and laughter as they needed food. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

His laughter faded as he saw that she was glaring at him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The cries grow louder and louder alongside a crescendo of laughter. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Only when I saw the laughter in her wild eyes did I realize she was teasing me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Voices singing and sighing, rising, straining, then surging, teeming with pleasure that burst syllables into fragments of laughter. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The laughter is like pealing bells that don’t need a hand to pull on the rope; it just goes on and on until you are weak with it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The laughter sounded like the bleating of lost little lambs but Carney seemed satisfied. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It used to be different. People just called out. There was a lot of laughter and teasing the time I went.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The other two “kings” clapped their hands over their mouths to restrain their laughter. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know that politics would suit me, sir,” he said when the laughter had died away. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There was laughter as well as cursing, and people were getting to their feet and feeling their limbs. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be no laughter in the alley—just a growing, choking tension. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It went on too long, and with every new bite of laughter, Lazlo felt himself grow smaller. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They had gone from cursing to laughter, to anger, to lust. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The great clap of laughter that they have been holding in, bursts out. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Afternoons and weekends, which usually rang with a medley of shouts and laughter and pounding feet, dragged by in a strange, uneasy silence broken only by the dull hum of traffic. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then their laughter was cut off by a strange sound. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

As we walk the rest of the way home from school we take turns reading them out loud, dramatizing the parts like radio plays, pausing to shriek with laughter. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple inhaled deeply as they walked away, leaving the noise and the heat and the laughter behind. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She did not mean to laugh, but the laughter came out anyway. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The laughter stops, and we sit there in the moment after it’s faded away. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Perched up on the back of her seat, she was shrieking with laughter, her red skirt bunched up nearly to her garters. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The only sound was the sudden, wild laughter of Encanis, like breaking glass. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Wisps of laughter trailed back to him with the blue exhaust from the beetle. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reads something, whispering with a grin spread across her face, and the hyenas split into an uproarious screaming fit of laughter. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her eyes Were wet, not from laughter, But from breathing in smoke. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could hear laughter in the crowd and knew he must look stupid, walking into the lake without showing any sign of magical power. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

One started to say something, but her words were drowned out by the roaring laughter from all around. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard laughter as he reinforced the corners with glee. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

There was laughter again, but I said almost immediately: 'I think I understand your position very well, Mr Smith. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin let out a bellow of genuine laughter. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But that laughter of yours has been rare lately. I can’t even remember the last time I heard it.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I awoke with the old man's laughter ringing in my ears. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I twisted my blanket in my hands and clenched my teeth, trying to shut out the low rumble of conversation punctuated by coarse laughter and quiet, hopeless sobbing from below. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She had her hand over her mouth to hold back her laughter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be day and the park would be filled with kids, their screaming and laughter would slide along the light beams into the helter skelter world of monkey bars and swings. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reading the way they interact, intuiting the emotions hidden beneath the laughter and conversation, catching the places that gazes linger. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A group of red-cheeked girls playing soccer, ponytails flying, their shouts and laughter carrying faintly over the velvety, twilit field. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They also behaved as though they were genuine friends with the people of color among their ranks, sharing work and laughter. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This sent them into fresh peals of laughter. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Both girls lay back on the platform, shrieking with laughter. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

This laughter was like a volcano of happiness erupting in me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

My thoughts go to the necklace at my throat, the sting of my own palm against my cheek, the sound of Oak’s laughter. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then there were a bunch of kids just running around, happy to be in a place where there were no cars or noise except for their own laughter. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her uncle’s voice was its usual low growl, or pitched high with helpless laughter. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He kept slipping and getting up, and slipping and getting up, and all the while the audience had gone wild with laughter and hysteria. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His uncle was sharp-featured and gaunt as a mountain crag, but there was always a hint of laughter in his blue- grey eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The water gushed, and over its gushing we could hear the music of my mother’s laughter. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He who was too gregarious, who spoke too much and too ardently desired the company of others, their conversation and their laughter, did not have what life required. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

And then he heard the sound of laughter. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

This he did, with much laughter on his part, and frustration on mine. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Music echoes from the backyard along with random shouts and laughter. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Opening the book again, Milo found Ordinance 574381-W: “In the Doldrums, laughter is frowned upon and smiling is permitted only on alternate Thursdays. Violators shall be dealt with most harshly.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

By then Mars Bar was hauling on up the street past the basketball players, who were rolling on the asphalt with laughter. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we made the sign of the cross, I looked up to seek out Jaja’s face, to see if he, too, was bewildered that Aunty Ifeoma and her family prayed for, of all things, laughter. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She smacks her hand on the table, laughter spurting from her mouth. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Mr. Flux screamed, but his scream was threaded with laughter. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The hallway is quiet after the laughter and chatter of the cafeteria. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Celia doubts that these gatherings would have continued so long after the circus began without the Burgess sisters’ infectious bubbling laughter. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Once El Patron would have roared with laughter when Tam Lin described how his enemies in the U.S. and Aztlan governments had been disgraced or met with strange accidents. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We slip our backpacks on and hurry out the door before dissolving into full-fledged laughter. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Everyone gathers to support the deceased’s family, and no one has idle hands, but there is no laughter, or shouting, or joking. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He seemed about to drop her to the floor when there was a large burst of laughter in the next room. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I scooped up some of the sand and saw that it was really tiny sapphires that made noises like laughter when I rubbed some of them between my palms. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held on to his belly while he doubled over with laughter. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Just behind the veil of the vacation was not a soft face of laughter, but something hard and bony and perhaps terrifying. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She forgot until, for a moment, she remembered only Wash’s laughter and the late-summer light through the trees by the river. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a silence; then Ron erupted in laughter. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I could feel her touch and hear her laughter in the leaves. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

All was chaos, noise and heat and blood, until finally over the tumult Alyce could hear the cries of a baby, the moans of a tired mother, and the laughter of the triumphant midwife. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gorgons shrieked with laughter as they soared in for the kill. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

In a rush of fluttering hands and laughter, the Maidens and I went outside to the central area of the city. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

In the midst of the ladies’ shrieky laughter and the men’s guffaws and haws, Dr. Slaughter hurried in. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

My laughter is a performance, a grab at the ordinary. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Witchlings exchanged silent looks, and then all at once, burst into laughter. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

People just wanted a time of merriment, laughter, dressing up, eating—and overeating—and so a feast was planned. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

So as I deliberately extended my hand I fought down laughter with a cough. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there was Dessie, whose laughter was so constant that everyone near her was glad to be there because it was more fun to be with Dessie than with anyone else. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A deep gloom spread through me, heightened by noise of talk, laughter and jukebox jazz from the bar downstairs. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I sat there for an hour, sometimes two, listening to their laughter, their chatter. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Gerald couldn’t remember much laughter ever coming from his own house. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, aside from the laughter and playfulness, there was something different, and I couldn’t quite pinpoint what that difference was. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then her grandmother’s lips twitched and spilled out laughter. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Particularly since he always found himself wondering if the japes and laughter were directed at him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I wasn't sure if I actually said something funny, or if he just found Noodles and me asking for nice clothes so outrageous that laughter was the only possible response. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

And then the man staggered, and the burden on his shoulders seemed to squirm away and fall to the ground; and then they heard a hideous high-pitched cry of laughter. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She could hear cries of astonishment, laughter, applause from the men who stood on the bank watching. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hair is down, the front tied back with the ribbon from the pop-up flowers from Will, and I’m wearing the skimpy silk boxers and a tank top, despite Poe’s laughter. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I think of the feasts at Elsinore, loud with laughter and the cracking of bones and sucking of marrow, with dogs growling and fighting over food thrown to the floor. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Ron, who might once have found the necessity of these detours a cause for jealousy rather than hilarity, simply roared with laughter about it all. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Her face and her laughter were childlike and innocent. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Toomer did not even look back, but continued into the store where he heard the laughter of these white men whom he had known all of his life. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Phineas boldly led us toward the white boys and the baboon cage while the others slunk away. shrieked one white boy, and his mates roared with laughter. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two figures leaped up in silhouette when they heard him and fled into the night with taunting laughter before he could get there. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Gerald almost wet his pants and Angel fell on the floor, rolling in laughter. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Always and forever, the laughter kept them going. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Spouts of bitter laughter erupted among us, even some applause. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Even Maribel, who months earlier never would have been able to process a joke like that, put her hand over her mouth to hold in her laughter. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“I saw no reason to trouble them with the information,” said Griphook smugly, and now Ted and Dean joined in Gornuk and Dirk’s laughter. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

However, since I wanted him to go on talking quietly about himself, I hid my laughter, sat down on a cushion on the floor, wrapped my arms around my knees and gazed at him intently. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The bully snickered, a short burst of laughter mixed with a phlegm-filled snort. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Nervous laughter echoed around the room as he rose, and Father Olufemi took his slip from him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Tanisha answers the phone, and I’m greeted with the sound of laughter. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Finally, far back from the path, we found an unused tree where—out of the range of lamplight—the only evidence of other couples was the protesting female laughter and the glow of lit cigarettes. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he chased her around the house after supper until she escaped into her room, breathless with laughter. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I can't front, just thinking of Lu and Ghost holding each other like that made me want to burst into laughter. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Met Bong interrupts me as laughter erupts from the girls. a voice calls out to me as they all head back to sleep. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We miss our little's brother's laughter, the way he runs to us at the end of the school day as if we've been gone forever. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Since everyone accepted them, and more particularly since they accepted themselves, I knew that their laughter was real and that their lives were cheerful comedies, interrupted only by costume changes and freshening of make-up. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a sound of soft laughter over their heads, and then another clear voice spoke in an elven-tongue. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

His dark eyes sparkled with laughter as he looked at Victor. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He laughed a little, but the laughter was not lighthearted. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The frank laughter of the gigantic Jesuit lifted Pedro Tercero’s spirits and brought a smile to his lips for the first time in three weeks. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lets out a bark of laughter, though I don’t really get what’s funny. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The gaiety and laughter from the Big House reached all through the quarter. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the scarlet fever that had touched everybody and worn them down to gristle, their laughter infected Carpenter’s Road. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

What is it that makes laughter feel so good? Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

That evening, tempers cooled and we had dinner together, but there was not much laughter. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

His voice, amazingly, sounded like he was suppressing laughter. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

His laughter filled the cavern, and suddenly the scene changed. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It may have been only a trick of the wind in the cracks and gullies of the rocky wall, but the sounds were those of shrill cries, and wild howls of laughter. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She was suspicious of fun whether it involved dancing or singing or even laughter. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He broke up into gales of laughter just as the network cut his satellite feed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The driveway is crowded with trucks and cars, and I can hear the laughter from inside. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Over the rise and fall of the wind, he could hear his father’s laughter. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I turned in the direction of the sounds and suddenly heard a chorus of laughter. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

A flock of fairies twinkles past like floating Christmas lights, their laughter like tinkling bells. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I miss laughter that doesn’t make me feel guilty. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Tension forced laughter out of me, leaving me more relaxed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They stroll the lot together and finish up with hearty handshakes and booming laughter. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Only a minute or two after we settled in, I heard voices speaking in Arabic, along with gunshots and laughter. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tactile world of smiles and laughter that she, her mother, had no part in. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night was ringing with the sound of the Death Eaters’ laughter. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Nathaniel had parents, and two sisters; their house was noisy with bickering and laughter. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Even when hard practices made me cry at Bannon’s, some other part of that session would make me break into laughter. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And, soon, they both were in the grips of a hopeless attack of laughter. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The first pitch was wild, and the yeshiva team burst into loud laughter. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

James clamped a hand over his mouth, and Emily straightened her posture, but their attempts to look serious just made them break down in laughter even more. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

With mocking laughter they swaggered off to Odysseus’ palace. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The laughter drains from those eyes, and they are staring so intensely into mine, it’s like they can read my thoughts. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Soon there would be laughter, when the men of her khas told the story of what had happened in the grasses today. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Some extremely advanced paranoiacs can’t even watch television because they think the canned laughter is about them. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Nancy smiled, and bowed his head, and spread his hands, accepting the applause and laughter like a pro, and then he turned and walked back to where Shadow and Czernobog were standing. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

A few kids sitting in the back of the room burst into laughter. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Their laughter hounded me, but I refused to look back. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The stiff ocean breeze blew the hats off and there was much laughter when the boys pulled the skimmers back by the cords. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I elbowed Marcus in the face and scrambled to my feet, pulling up my pants and sprinting toward the flashing lights and laughter and nauseating smell of popcorn. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

We explode in more laughter, and snot spurts from our noses. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Finally the laughter died away and the naming continued. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He went into the living room with the tray, and soon I heard his laughter. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The tent was silent, and then Mama burst into laughter, covering her face with her hands. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He touches my cheek and, even though we’re in a room full of people, crowded by laughter and conversation, slowly kisses me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The warm, red stone ramparts rang to the echo of the three friends’ delighted laughter. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

That evening loud laughter and bursts of singing came from the farmhouse. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

That brought another round of laughter from the crowd, and Reverend Okonjo smiled. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her hearty voice, always on the verge of laughter, made the melancholy news sound somehow cheerful, but seeing that she had saddened Mr. Clutter, she turned to other matters. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tries to laugh, but instead of laughter, she feels ticklish wings unfolding like a fan at the base of her throat. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

A shout of laughter greeted his entrance; noisy at first, and terminating in Grace Poole’s own goblin ha! ha! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

But then, of all things, came a burst of happy laughter from the child. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Oswald Wyre and Ant Little do this jackal laughter like their master's all six Monty Pythons rolled into one comedy thug. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes, remembering the breathless laughter, the whispers, the anticipation. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

From behind the door comes the indistinct murmur of voices, of laughter, exclusive and luxurious. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

His laughter turned into stormy weeping.“Don’t do that!” wailed Fidelito. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turns to me, and the laughter is gone. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The hall rang with music and laughter, though the cold winds were rising outside. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Their shouts and laughter had, at that distance, an insane quality. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

More shrieks rang out, and then nervous laughter rippled through the audience as they realized the conjured creatures had disappeared. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Ron snorted with laughter and the ground was sprayed with slugs. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Their voices fell into whispers then rose again in laughter. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The day dims into evening, and evening fades into night, and an open window carries the symphony of laughter and cheerful voices into my room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Oddly, there was little of the easy conversation one generally hears in public rest rooms, none of the laughter and “woofing.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he saw Vasudeva’s kind face, looked at his little laughter wrinkles, into his bright eyes, he smiled also. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Owen the Oaf began to dance with Patchface the fool, laughter echoed off the vaulted ceiling. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was still laughter as I faced them, my mouth dry, my eye throbbing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not understand the game, nor why at intervals one of them yelled “Donkey!” amid laughter. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then the woman broke into unrestrained laughter, bending forward and burying her face in her hands. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh, gods," he said, choking on his laughter and shaking his head, "I suppose I do rather look like a grumkin. What does he do to snarks?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I could smell the warm scent of the strawberry fields, and hear the laughter of the dryads as they chased owls through the forest. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

All I have to do is think about how cold the air was and how loud the laughter was. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When its strange rubbery finger grabs a wisp of hay from my fingers, Marlena squeals with laughter. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

For what Tree-ear guessed was the first time in Min’s whole life, the potter threw back his head in a loud guffaw of laughter. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Let him laugh and I see a cellar your father does not remember and a house he does not remember and I hear in his present laughter his laughter as a child. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“I could hear the match commentary from here,” said Ron, his voice now shaking with laughter. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Olanna laughed too and felt for a moment that her laughter sounded different, more shrill, than theirs. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My laughter matches his, starting in my belly and bubbling out. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

If we tried, we could reach out and grab that laughter, the way a person can catch sparks flying out from a campfire, or dandelion seeds carried by the wind. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It’s too much for this high school parking lot with beeping horns and laughter and buses idling by the curb. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And then, suddenly, it all united and swelled into a great roar of laughter. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

In Sabbath school Mr. Travis is always telling us that the Lord loves laughter, and what could be funnier than watching Ma reaching down into her basket and getting a little surprise? Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The whole party burst into jeers and laughter. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Milkman put his head back and let the laughter fill the kitchen. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how old she was, the woman was always surrounded: by men, by flowers, by laughter, by children...and then by disease, by screams, and smoke. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

George’s laughter grew frantic, and she felt light-headed. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

There was a murmur of laughter, quickly smothered by dour looks from the other students. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

These boys and girls were will-less, their speech flat, their gestures vague, their personalities devoid of anger, hope, laughter, enthusiasm, passion, or despair. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I breathe heavily, listening until the laughter outside dies down. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

An intimidating look of cruel pleasure on Martina’s face dried up all their laughter and made them wait in silence for the explanation. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was a clever, beautiful child, and though his elder brother would inherit the title and lands, he claimed all else—love, attention, laughter, praise—and he claimed it loudly. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The air’s full of laughter and the general hum of people chatting over one another, trying to get a word in edgewise. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean to,” said Harry, while Ron roared with laughter. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She lay in bed as the hoots and laughter and bantering voices downstairs began to mushroom. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

From deep inside, her laughter came like the sound of many rivers, freely, deeply, muddily, heading for the room of an open sea. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right now it was mostly hubbub, laughter, and the sound of clinking plates and tumbling ice as uniformed servers whisked around the room with their heavy trays and pitchers of water. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

There’s squeals of laughter outside the hole in the wall as the kids scatter. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

They lay side by side, staring up at the ceiling, trying to catch their breath and stifling laughter. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Instead, after a moment of amazed delight, his entire audience burst into howls of laughter. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Redoubled, the laughter drowned even the amplified record of their groans. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They both looked down at her puzzled expression, and Shay burst into laughter. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

We broke out laughing, a nervous laughter, our eyes darting about to see if we were being watched. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cram both hands over my mouth as if I’m about to be sick, drop to my knees, the laughter boiling like lava in my throat. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard his laughter in the dark, saw his eyes, blue and clear as mountain lakes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They were watching television—something funny, of course—and filling the room with their laughter. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

In addition to the cold, her deep sense of unease was back, without the laughter and stories from earlier to chase it away. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"Social . . ." "What?" they yelled. ". . . equality —" The laughter hung smokelike in the sudden stillness. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

At other times, he would chuckle as he spoke, making his words sing with laughter. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can hear the blend of laughter and screams. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Men and women and kids crowded up against each other, gazing through the smoky auditorium, their faces full of wonder and laughter. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

As they squeezed through the crowd, the happy faces of the people and the cheers and laughter and the fingers red from barbecue sauce gave Palmer the feeling that he was leaving a party. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

If my entire life is like this, loud laughter and bold action and the kind of exhaustion you feel after a hard but satisfying day, I will be content. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In Oklahoma rain can sound like the gallop of horses come to your rescue, or the laughter of darkness. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

For a while it had been enough just to bother Dorothy Gruzik, enough to hear the laughter of himself and his pals. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

There was only raucous, drunken laughter at his words. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over and over, faster and faster, until they were all breathless with laughter and song. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Many lost their innocence, their laughter, their lives. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Singing cut through the wind like laughter through a prayer. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was the recurring sound of retching and moaning, of laughter, greetings, threats and swearing, and of bottles shattering against rock. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” said a voice from the door, and the laughter died as Cook and Ophie turned to see a very plain white woman standing in the doorway. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Father roars with laughter when he tells this tale. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was nervous laughter—the kind when a joke cuts too close to the truth. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

We all burst with laughter, imagining the late-night newspapers circulating all over the kingdom with pictures of Edel's little girl, the word shaved into her hair beside a picture of cow feces. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The memory of his father’s laughter increased his tension; his head hurt, his knees ached. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their laughter irritated Perry; he especially disliked Mr. Bell’s outbursts—hearty barks that sounded very much like the laughter of Tex John Smith, Perry’s father. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even after the Bull was out of sight, the laughter followed Virgil like a buzzing housefly until he finally reached the plain redbrick home of the Tanakas. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The owl broke into laughter again: “Oh, hahahaheeheeheehohoho. It is the easiest bet I ever made! It’ll be like taking the wings off a dead butterfly.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Raucous laughter broke out followed by wild applause. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The bearded guy bent over in laughter, and then the storyteller looked over at Lindsey. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The exhaustion from the week falls away, and I’m carried forward by adrenaline, laughter, and applause. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

There followed silence for a few yards, then shouts off to the left, laughter on his right. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see it even when I tickled baby Sumaiya, making her shriek with laughter. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

But they were in no mood for laughter. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Delicious!” he declared, rubbing his belly after he had swallowed, making a show of it, and the three of us broke out in helpless, gorgeous laughter once again. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

This last response caused an outbreak of laughter from the defendants. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Messenger or no, her fumblings prompted a burst of laughter from the other students—except for Kate, who pretended not to notice as she grabbed Sticky’s arm, dragging him toward the door. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Wali and Kamal are here too. They wouldn’t miss your birthday for anything,” he said, laughter lurking just beneath the surface. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to tell you how nice that sound is. I haven’t heard laughter in weeks. Sorry, continue.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The voices and the laughter and the music breathe life into the sullen walls. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I just watched and smiled, happy to hear laughter, and happy Lovey didn’t say no. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was pretty quiet except for a sudden burst of canned laughter from the neighbor’s TV and the occasional buzzing from an annoying mosquito. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The man bellowed his fury and swung his sword into swirling snow, only to hear laughter again in his ear. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was only a blur—a blur of laughter, talk, movement and color. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was laughter again, while Mr Harry Smith shrugged and allowed a smile to cross his face. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

They all belonged to each other: the lament of those who yearn, the laughter of the wise, the cry of indignation and the groan of the dying. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not very well, judging from his dark, haunted-looking eyes and slightly hysterical laughter. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He throws himself at me, or he cunningly sneaks up behind, sometimes in disguise—a goat, a dog, a sickly old woman—and I roll on the floor with laughter. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Methuselah wiped tears of laughter from his eyes as he explained. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

George opened the classroom door slowly, fearing laughter, but students were too focused on their journals to notice her return. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

When the rest of us dropped into the kitchen to get a turn at the business end of the cornucopia, Chew Wong drove us out with a skillet, while he and Bill screamed with laughter. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all that time, laughter kept coming from the open doorway of the billiards room, and voices yelling things like: “If you lose your temper, your elbow will definitely pop out!” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We can hear her laughter as she disappears down the hall. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

There was a round of hideous jeering laughter. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They laughed then at the suitableness of the unintended pun, and it was in the sound of this laughter that Guitar picked up his brown leather jacket and started out the door. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had not known there was so much laughter in the world. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ahead of me, the three of them saunter across the lobby, shrieking with laughter, one of Richard’s arms around Lil’s shoulder and the other cinching Em’s waist. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

We waited quietly while she read, and our intake of breath when she at last lifted her head made her gag with laughter. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

To Wenamon he added in an undertone, “Though it is of small importance now, eh?” and burst into a roar of laughter. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Their laughter trails behind me, lingers like cigarette smoke. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Within easy minutes, laughter burst from the shack and the crisis was over, but so was the enjoyment. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood up and closed the parlor door in Ash’s face, and Ash heard Ana break into laughter. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The damsel who caused the laughter was of middle height, slender, with blond, wavy hair cascading to her waist. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The room spills over with sounds of clinking glasses and tumbling dice and whooshing table-lanterns and hissing candles and laughter. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The library slowly fills with laughter and shouts, and I just sit there, hiding my head in my arms like I’m trying to sleep, even though I know sleep won’t come. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

And he was surprised how much her laughter hurt. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

She heard laughter through the window of the nearest brownstone, and what sounded like a metal spoon scraping a pot, getting the last little bit from the bottom. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

There was more laughter in me trying to get out. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even though the stories Chaim told were terrible, of German planes shooting down the refugees on the road and the executions of innocent men, there was more laughter than tears. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then it was all over, the bustle, the laughter, the noise. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly, all across the ship, the sailors let out whoops of delight, their laughter filling the sails. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Since when, Colonel?” one of the young lieutenants shouted over the laughter. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she heard laughter from the other room she stood up, eager to talk to her grandfather, who was different from anyone else she had ever met. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The children ran down the mountain, their laughter melting into the air. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I’m ten minutes early to meet Sonia for a study session, and as I wait, I can’t help but overhear the boisterous laughter of two men. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of laughter brought him back to earth in a hurry. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Bernard’s laughter is so loud, it’s like a lion’s roar. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I heard laughter and turned to see that two men and a young woman had come in during his tirade. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My lights disturbed them, and they dropped off the ceiling and flitted past my head, giving off sounds that resembled Munchkin laughter. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The phenomenon of laughter is unknown to animals; though it is possible that dogs and elephants may have some inkling of it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When his laughter tapered off, he said, “That’s the answer I was expecting. So now, let me give you our second proposal.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Milkman was the butt of their humor, but it was good-humored humor, quite unlike the laughter the trip had begun with. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard distant laughter, the plaintive sound of pipes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I have just finished applying more healing salve when I hear a shriek of laughter. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

And judging by how he bursts into laughter, it’s also bright red. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Then abruptly the music stopped and the laughter was checked, and everyone crowded about the newcomers. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

There was a roar of laughter from all sides. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

They held each other till the noise of that laughter had entirely gone. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Everyone looked innocent, eyes cast down, lips fighting laughter. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The way she was speaking reminded me of the way Mom used to be, even though they aren’t related—bubbling up with laughter and stories, hands dancing in front of her. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But instead of smiles and laughter, she got blood, tears, and teeth in a bottle. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The pair of Witchlings devolved into laughter, the excitement of the ceremony too much to contain. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She thought her frequent laughter was authentic and that Edna had no idea that she cried when she was alone in her flat. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Bellatrix spun on the spot, roaring with laughter at the sight of her new challenger. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And there’s this throb of music and random bursts of laughter and people holding cans that aren’t Coke. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

His knees weak, he settled onto the sofa and his laughter resolved into misery. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I looked at the pair and could feel a little bit of laughter tingling inside me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was a Jackboot, grinning down at us—and we were gone, fast as flies, One-Arm one way, me another, the Jackboot’s laughter fading. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Here I was, thinking how quickly it happened that I fit in with her friends and how we are easy with one another as if we have shared years of laughter. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Samuel’s voice was unsteady with trying to clamp his laughter in. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The instant the Ford’s audience explodes into laughter, Booth will kill Lincoln. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Through the open windows came trilling birdsong and the silvery laughter of children at play. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He could hear Her laughter, soft, malevolent, bloodthirsty. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that there was much laughter, much talk about the stadium and about remembering, but I did not feel that I was involved. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mama’s eyes are so creased with laughter that I can barely see them. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Then she burst into a harsh cackle of laughter. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Ever after that terrible winter, as though he understood from then on how important it was to be funny, Pinch gave laughter to them all. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then she gives a bark of humorless laughter. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The laughter woke Boots, who rubbed her eyes and said cheerfully, “Where spider?” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Braying laughter punctuated the comment as the hipster Indian guy went walking by, joined by the goateed white guy Celia was paired with, who was high-fiving him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They tried to hide it by putting their hands over their mouths, but their laughter escaped through their fingers and fell tinkling onto the table. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Turning, he heard the sound, inches from his face—something like a slap—then laughter, his father’s voice saying “Gotcha!”; his father’s body standing, leaning over him, blotting out the entire field and sky. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Connor and I had to kneel behind the stand to hide our laughter. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The girls flocked around her desk during short break, their laughter ringing out often. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Everything made them laugh, until they were laughing at their own noises and laughter. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Judith blossomed suddenly in the firelight, and her laughter was infectious. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Tom says, turning to face us, the laughter gone from his face. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chew Wong outdid himself then with the meals that he served up, and the kitchen rang with pidgin English and cackling laughter. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

So when she convulsed with laughter again, muffling it with her hands, I started to laugh too, my belly shaking as I tried not to make any noise. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was not usually frivolous, and didn’t think it right to have shared such uncontrolled laughter with a complete stranger. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others came out flying, although one, causing much laughter, flew only to the top of the box. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

She squealed with laughter and ran back up the stairs with me right after her. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeoma prayed for the university, for the lecturers and administration, for Nigeria, and finally, she prayed that we might find peace and laughter today. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The man’s laughter was lost in the drum of horse’s hooves striking the earth. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t get mad,” he gasped through his laughter. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Professor Trelawney whirled around as Harry let out a snort of laughter. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She epitomized the attitude I wanted to emulate, to be true to yourself, even when the costs are high, while simultaneously uniting people through love and laughter. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The mothers shrieked with laughter, and the expert sat down so that an Americano with red hair and thick glasses could tell us about food. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The distant horizon blurred a little, and the birds’ trills and the soft golden blanket of sunlight over the fields and orchards seemed out of place—like laughter in a church. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

We tiptoed around them and saved our voices for play far from the house, where even our laughter was received by Mami and Papi with a stare, a quizzical look, a warning glance. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Nice guy that he was, he kept the laughter to a minimum. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Harry doubled up with silent laughter as Crabbe did a kind of pirouette in midair, trying to see who had thrown it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Sounds of laughter came from the parlor as the cousins and their parents listened to one of the radio shows, and Ophie’s heart burned with the injustice of it all. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“God’s wounds,” she cried with lisping, spittle-spraying laughter, “it’s the Bear set loose among us again.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Julius had to turn his face away to control his own nervous laughter. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

His laughter had come more easily as they’d traveled, as if he were becoming fluent in a new language. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

From inside came the sound of women’s laughter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Economic homosexual!” somebody repeated, to loud general laughter. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Her training began. She received well, as you do. She was so enthusiastic. So delighted to experience new things. I remember her laughter ...” His voice faltered and trailed off. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He gave himself over to laughter and enjoyed it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the midst of his laughter he stopped and said sternly to Adam, “You get that book under the seat and you study up. Hear me?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The kids were still enjoying the time spent with their cousins—the laughter rattling the house was testament to it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

We lean against the kitchen counter, doubled over with laughter, until our mother comes into the kitchen and says, “What are you two kids up to?” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A jug went around and I tasted it, choked, and drew more laughter. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The wind seemed to join their whoop of laughter and sweep them up into the sky as the dragon flew for the first time. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Chacko had begun to shake with silent laughter in anticipation of the end of his joke. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear laughed out loud, and the sound of his laughter reminded him of his friend. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The sounds of music and raucous laughter drifted out and floated over the water. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I will paint los ninos scooping up laughter in the sunshine and splashing in the temporary pool of a fire hydrant. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The laughter reached them first—children’s laughter—and then the color. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I shake my head sadly, remembering his laughter at dinner. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Every bit of laughter, every joyous moment, is swallowed up by a deep, deep sadness. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

At the end of the party they piled the peasants onto wooden carts and hauled them off to vote, under careful observation, amidst much joking and laughter. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Love of life, a bright smile, a snort of laughter, a sense of belonging with her friends. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

After a year of it the joy was all drained out of Dessie and the laughter had ceased. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Creeping between the bushes and the side of the house, we heard voices and laughter. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother pulled our old resolutions out of the Bible and read them aloud to much laughter and then burned them in the fireplace. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

When they succeeded they rode the wind and covered their mouths to aggravate their laughter. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

All around people began to roar with laughter. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They shrieked with laughter and rolled over and over on the grass. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then she pulled back to examine him and, dissolving into laughter, cupped her hand over his nose. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He fought the evergreen for a better look, hampered more by his laughter than by the branches. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zooey gave a genuine roar of laughter, as if he clearly relished seeing any affectation brought to light, his own included. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Outside, the leaves on the tree started blowing, silently, like the man’s laughter. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

A wireless in the landlady’s sitting room came on, and the laughter of an audience swelled as the valves warmed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Ugly laughter and killing and then food, once someone was dead. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Children shot by us, darted around us, little ones shrieking with excitement, adolescents slipping like shadows from door to door, hands over their mouths to keep laughter still. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

There must have been yelling and laughter and horns blowing, but none of it comes back to me. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

His enemies laughed at him with a harsh and chilling laughter. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Drinks were passed and a gay conversation ensued having to do with hunting, riding, and cattle-breeding, with many bursts of laughter. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tan of her skin, her smell of smoke, the disorder of her laughter in the darkroom distracted his attention and made him bump into things. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He threw back his head and roared his laughter. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Burst of laughter. “...my best wishes for your felicity...” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A self that could join the chorus at Railroad Tommy’s with more than laughter. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here a general explosion of laughter cut short the ‘history of salads’, to the great surprise of the learned gentleman. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood shivering in the night, looking back out as the beetle ran by and skidded back to the centre of the avenue, whirling laughter in the air all about it, gone. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard a roar of laughter from the back of the class. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘It’s his pipe!’ shouted the small sister, still convulsed with laughter. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been able to bring laughter even to Momma’s face. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bus jerks forward, and she gives a little screech of laughter that’s echoed by the other two girls. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

This time, there was no laughter; merely an astonished silence. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

A dark-haired man, smiling broadly, with his arms around Dr. Begbie, spinning her, and spinning her, and spinning her, until I could hear her delighted laughter in my ears. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The roar from the fishermen’s laughter shakes the place. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

"Take the children. Fill her halls with noise and shouts and laughter. That boy of hers needs other children about him, and Lysa should not be alone in her grief." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was full of laughter, crying, and everything in between. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She stumbles, and the crowd roars with laughter. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

So she offered him a seat and they made a lot of laughter out of nothing. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Justifiable fury he knew and expected when he had terrorized their pets in the old days; laughter, and sometimes nervousness—but never a crude, uncivilized reception like this. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an effort for Bull to keep from bellowing with laughter. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Richard was surprised to hear the husky tone of her laughter. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“In delay there lies no plenty;...present mirth hath present laughter....” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Amari watched him and remembered how he once had captured a small bird and copied its movements, flapping his arms like wings, telling her, with much laughter, that he intended to learn how to fly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

"Ah, but so help me, it is my business," Billy said with a thunderclap of laughter. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Inside there was an explosion of laughter, hysterical, tension-breaking laughter that left my brothers choking and whacking each other across the shoulders. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

By then the crowd was howling with laughter . . . all but the king. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But a thread of nervousness weaves through his laughter. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The three boys gave up all attempts at dignity and now were just trying to keep from bursting into laughter. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Trub’s laughter floats in the air behind me, and all three people in the tent turn in my direction as a red cloud of dust rises at my heels. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Howls shuddered through the night; the howls of the man-pack, wails of fear and wild shouts, laughter and screams. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Prince broke out in a roar of laughter that brought Collins below. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

People were piled on the deck, eating, drinking, the sound of their laughter rising above the weary sigh of the waves. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

David’s parents burst into laughter, and Tally felt her face turning red. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to the salon with my friends in quotes,” she would say, a wan laughter in her eyes. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

There was the sound of laughter, like ground glass. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

"That accent is delicious!" someone calls out, and laughter erupts. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her laughter and upbeat attitude always cheered me up. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl on the right is slightly taller, also with dark hair, her mouth open in laughter. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It’s because of this heart that we have to tiptoe, walk quiedy, stifle our laughter, do what Grace says. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d like to kiss all of you,” I say, which makes them scream with laughter. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Kids ran toward Main Street, shrieking with laughter while their parents chased after them. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

They were such good people, her husband's family, everyone so well educated, so open and hospitable, each of their houses full of constant laughter. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

But another burst of laughter from Ambrose gives me hope. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Palla was brown from head to heel, with moss in her hair, breathless from laughter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Ears of a hundred different shapes prickled at the long, loud laughter of the boys. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was scattered laughter about the room, more awkward than anything else. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I stay in Regency England as meals are served, while Ma sleeps on, and throughout Starry's chatting and laughter. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You know how Dad’s going away for the week? We—” He nods at his room, where music and laughter and uniformity resounds. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

From somewhere far away, in the woods, I heard the faint, inane laughter of a woodpecker. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She heard the buffalo boy’s laughter as he refused her money, saw the king’s generous smile as he willingly parted with his family’s treasure, and remembered Da-A-Fu’s last words to her. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Mikwam was very funny, and the camp was always full of laughter. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The good memories I have of these men—of helpless laughter, of bets won and pranks hatched— they are stolen away. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The little old lady was sitting down, rocking with laughter. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blush again, and there’s more laughter from her. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

A second passed, and then all the Ridgefolk burst into laughter. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He’s trying to make it seem like he doesn’t notice the laughter, the snickers, the snarky comments. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Around him there were cries in the night and, from the alehouses, vulgar laughter. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me out, where there’s fresh air and laughter!” a voice within me cries. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He raced down the tree-lined driveway, the sound of his family’s whoops and laughter cheering him on. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Their faces were as a rule good-natured rather than beautiful, broad, bright-eyed, red-cheeked, with mouths apt to laughter, and to eating and drinking. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

After about five minutes we would be wrestling over some detail of protocol or else something would send me into gales of laughter. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I watched superhero videos with them on my laptop in my room, closing the door so that Mama and Baba weren’t disturbed by their laughter. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

When I get back to the table, Justin has a look on his face that’s a mix of pain and laughter or maybe fear. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

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

The laughter spins in front of us and we keep hitting it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

By this time, the people in the pews were rolling with laughter, including, Stella saw, her mother. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The hosts threw their heads back in laughter every few seconds, excited, as the camera panned across the crowd, all of whom seemed equally ecstatic about what looked like a giant knitting needle. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I do hear laughter and applause and cheers, which are loud for Drew and louder for Brittney. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

But there was nothing; her laughter softened the angles of her chin. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I miss the sound of my mother’s laughter in our house. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cursing like a madman, he threatened them with such punishment and vengeance that they could only respond with laughter. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The music and the laughter died at once. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Papa wears a tan suit, and they cling together arm in arm, their mouths wide with laughter. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The night rages on in one continuous loop of laughter and dancing and questions and excitement until I'm brought to the Belle apartments right after the midnight star rises. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Pleased with the response, Boots kept repeating, “Where spider? Where spider?” to appreciative laughter. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a beating pulse of a place, full of music and laughter and energy. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am thankful for the way laughter swells up mighty like the ocean, then settles like soft waves and comes again. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They held hands and knew that only die coffin would lie in the earth; the bubbly laughter and the press of fingers in the palm would stay aboveground forever. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Grammy’s laughter over a big win calls me downstairs, and I plop down on the couch next to her and rest my cheek against her pillowy arm. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He laughed, but it sounded like sympathetic laughter. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Pong heard their laughter, then a dozen splashes close to the boat. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Speechless human sounds—spontaneous shrieks, ragged breaths, baby whimpers, one musical bit of insane laughter—dance around in the charged air. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

A wafer of a moon was shining over Gatsby's house, making the night fine as before and surviving the laughter and the sound of his still glowing garden. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Styx once told us that laughter was a magic all its own. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was met with great laughter and applause. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Check,” I said, as the wind roared with laughter. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this, Pallas Athena touched off in the suitors a fit of laughter, uncontrollable. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their grandmother seemed to have a smile as sudden and complete as laughter. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, as he did, the package of sounds broke open, filling the air with peals of happy laughter which seemed so gay that first he, then Tock, and finally the Humbug joined in. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Most Karhiders cry easily, being no more ashamed of tears than of laughter. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I expected them to recognize each other and part with embarrassed laughter. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The boy heard faint laughter somewhere behind the cabin. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my laughter stopped abruptly when Sumac took off suddenly in flight. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

So John was off, running up the stairs to the bedroom with his skates on, and we were all howling with laughter. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I fought against the painful laughter, and as I calmed I saw them looking at me with a sort of embarrassed gratitude. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stretched my arms along the back of the sofa and tried to hold back the sharp slaps of laughter that were bursting out of me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Dad burst into laughter that ended in another fit of coughing. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The voices of the younger of the Young Men burst into the night; and the laughter of damsels; a youth yelling, “There is the Negro boy.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s a free country,” he said, words which touched off a ripple of laughter. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tom grinned, and the step miners erupted in laughter. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Intermixed with its notes, conversation and laughter begin again. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Their individual laughter he couldn’t recognize, nor their anguish. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bandit heard the sounds of laughter and voices, footfalls and bicycle bells, as guests departed from one court, then another. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The room was full of the low murmur of conversation, punctuated by laughter and the metallic sound of spoons and forks scraping against the tin trays. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Some told stories of wily crimes which elicited much laughter: slaying a master’s goose to get the meat, or theft of pewter trinkets. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The hunters were screaming with delight Simon's effort fell about him in ruins; the laughter beat him cruelly and he shrank away defenseless to his seat. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The contrast between the laughter and the stone stillness within me is jarring. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

A few smile and joke, but their laughter is high-pitched. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Scraps and curls of the laughter followed us as we ran. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see them touch my dress, but their laughter was enough to make them guilty by association in my book. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It’s quiet for a moment, and then Clay lets out a hoot of laughter. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He let out an amused rattle of laughter that sounded like a sheep in pain. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Streams of people brushed past us, and with the loud bargaining, the laughter, the arguing, and the honking of cars in the distance, everything felt like it was merging into one beating pulse. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Ron, who had fought his way through to Harry’s side, doubled up with laughter as they watched Malfoy fighting to extricate himself from the robe, Goyle’s head still stuck inside it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m so bad at suicide,” I tell him between bursts of laughter. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

We both rolled with laughter, and then she hugged me tight. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

But she doesn’t and the laughter is loud now. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The laughter had not died on their faces and their hands were still clasped on the bench when Special Julius walked into the compound. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Arm heard Ear telling a joke in the living room and Mrs. Matsika’s polite laughter. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He remem-bered Brandon's laughter, and Robert's berserk valor in the melee, the way he laughed as he unhorsed men left and right. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

With that, he got himself some appreciative laughter. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Accordion, harmonica, wine, shout, dance, wail, round-about, clash of pan, laughter. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone who came into the room burst into laughter when they saw the dangling sausages. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

But as quickly as it had begun, the laughter choked off, and Taisin let out a moan as if she were in pain. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

With a snarl, Halsey swung at Cymbeline, who dodged daintily out of the way as the audience erupted into cheers and laughter. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Suppressed laughter from the pews, a few old ladies gasping in horror, then silence. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then, to my amazement, I heard distant but distinct sounds, a whisper of music and something else, the laughter of children coming from high up in the sky. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I nodded, and on the count of three, we jumped on Diondra and tickled her ’til tears of laughter squirted out of her eyes. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was particularly tricky at Booker because the hallways were so crowded and loud—slamming lockers, high-pitched laughter, voices shouting in different languages. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Father hooted with laughter and puffed out his chest with pride. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

To my annoyance, all he did was mime laughter, all theatrical and quiet. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“In the darkness, I suppose it did,” his mother agreed, small bursts of laughter escaping from her lips. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I felt his quiet laughter shake the bed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The group of Amity a few seats away from us bursts into laughter. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Veturius’s voice is convincingly slurred, and there’s a loud crash followed by a curse and burst of laughter. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Her laughter is so loud it makes me laugh. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The woman in black let out a bark of laughter. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They were too far away for me to hear the laughter, but I could see it. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He didn’t feel the fun or the laughter any more. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He told the senior forester, who roared with laughter, then asked him if he had seen any elves skipping around toadstools too? The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turns to me, her voice bubbling with laughter, and says, “Have you seen this?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

This sent the Indians into paroxysms of laughter, and he had to repeat his performance time and time again, until he was tired and lay down, panting but happy. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I once failed to pass an exam in my studies, a few colleagues asked me why, and I responded, to much laughter, “Don Davis!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He hated rest. The gods give him love and laughter, and the joy of righteous battle." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The preacher tossed back his head and roared with laughter, but my mother was angry and told me that I was to have no dinner because of my bad manners. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad started to shake with laughter, and the crowd started laughing, too. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put out his hands as though to ask, but then, when Deydey tried to blubber an explanation, only to collapse in fresh laughter, LaPautre swiped his hand through the air and scratched his head. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

A bellow of laughter resounded beyond the chamber, and in another moment a giant, red-headed warrior rolled in at the side of Adaon. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever the girls broke out in laughter, I was sure they were laughing at me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It was good to see him in such high spirits again and to hear him hooting with laughter. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Some cheers and laughter followed as if the spectators was at a picnic. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw her point his car out to a crowd of faces he half recognized, then he heard her high-pitched giggle and the laughter of her companions; he turned the radio up louder. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ape had spoken; there was a burst of laughter and hand-clapping. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help it; in a few minutes I was rolling on the floor with laughter. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

A roar of laughter greeted the ironic words. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

There was something about the glaze in his eyes when he laughed that disturbed me because I could tell he didn’t really believe his own laughter. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The ladies were clinging to their men’s arms to keep from falling over with laughter. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Lincoln and Sean even showed up out of nowhere and joined in the laughter. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

And above it all, I could hear Papa’s roaring laughter. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He howled with outrage while his companions collapsed in laughter. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She landed with one bare foot, causing a lot of laughter among her fellow trainees. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It was almost impossible to imagine that he would never again see the man, hear his laughter, or twist his arm to get help with his science homework. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

This claim was usually met with polite smiles when I was in the room, but I can only imagine the hysterical laughter and conversations about my cross-dressing when I wasn’t around. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Whatever was happening in his distant body now, he could not change or stop; his chest heaved, his laughter rose and bubbled at his mouth, like blood. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I felt my way down the cellar stairs with my toes and heard the sound of laughter from Madam’s company. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she refused to let us, we would tickle her until she panted with laughter. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw a short pot-bellied man look down, then up at me with amazement and explode with laughter, pointing from me to the doll, rocking. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was silence for a moment, and then all of us burst into laughter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time her voice held a hint of laughter. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not realize it was my cousins’ laughter, the sound reflecting their mother’s, until I went out to the living room. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He kisses her cheeks and she bursts into laughter. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I was doubled up with laughter, it was such a funny sight. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He continued to laugh, but when Ivan didn’t join in and instead looked confused and embarrassed, Ilya’s own laughter trailed off. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“If your mother only knew,” he told her, doubling up with laughter, as he always said when he told her something in confidence. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

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

Leo darted to the left, but the Earth Goddess’s laughter followed him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I envision a skinny, buck-toothed version of Kareem, running around with his mom, shrieking with laughter. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Alma Ember and her mother barge into the house with an odd familiarity and go directly into the dining room, where Cullen believes he hears the faintest sounds of laughter. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

His laughter subsides for a moment, and he says, “Okay. That’s fair. Good on you.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Tally could hardly manage to speak through her own laughter. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Emery explodes with laughter, and Mom just watches her with a strange smile on her face. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The conversations no longer ended in reassuring laughter, and the living room often seemed clouded with uncertainties, with unfinished knowledge, as if they all knew something would happen and yet did not know what. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He heard sounds all around them and thought them to be the sounds of Village: soft laughter, quiet conversation, and the bustle of daily work and happy lives. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

More laughter sounded from behind the windows of the house, where all the adults, including Miss Perumal and the Washingtons, sipped apple cider and watched the gleeful battle below. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll join in the laughter so I can stay camouflaged and appear to be in step with those around me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

For a while their laughter wiped away the troubles at hand, and they were reluctant to give it up. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The old man blinked for a moment and then comprehended, and cackled with laughter. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Before either mother or son could speak, rearrange themselves properly, or even exchange looks, Freddie had run around the house, climbed the porch steps, and was calling them between gulps of laughter. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaisa burst into laughter again, and Ash laughed, too, for it did seem quite funny. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their every word seemed to be mixed with merriness; their laughter pushed her toward the cheerful yellow patch in the distance. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s just what the doctors wanted to know!” blurted out the chaplain proudly, and burst into laughter. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Shamika roared with laughter as she passed Moss a fresh glass of water. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There was a banging sound and the boys all laughed, and Jack’s laughter was the loudest of all. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Peewee had been drinking a Coke; he started with a fit of laughter, and snorted the Coke out through his nose and all down the front of his T-shirt. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silent laughter he had been suppressing burst out of him, and he laughed so hard that he dropped his crutch. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

From adjacent streets, I could hear laughter and chatter. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I feel something other than fear—a prickle in my stomach, a bubble of laughter. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They burst into laughter when they saw her looking. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grace had no idea what was so funny, but she joined him in loud laughter. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He throws his hands up in the air and roars with laughter. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not understand the laughter of his compatriots or their ease or anything else about them. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The wind coming off the prairie had been strong all day, sometimes gusting wildly, and leaves scuttled along the street; the sound of laughter and fiddle music drifted through the night. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had a blue coat and a long brown beard; his eyes were blue and bright, and his face was red as a ripe apple, but creased into a hundred wrinkles of laughter. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I sense laughter all around—not from their mouths, because the mouths of their masks don’t move. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

And as he went he heard his uncle’s whispered laughter as he stooped again over his rice bowl. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Around her, the crowd and their laughter seemed suddenly very far away. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“My, such luxury,” she would shout, dying with laughter. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Their laughter echoes in the empty space with no carpets or furniture or houseplants to dampen the sound. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The audience all opened their mouths wide for laughter, and stopped short in gaping silence; for the singer disappeared. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The aca was all gone, but the laughter it brought was still present in many of the people. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

And hoping that when I come back, she'll be all dressed, with her head wrapped and beads and makeup and deep, joyous laughter. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Guests whiz past, their laughter a faint, distant echo. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He fell asleep, and in his nightmare, the rumble of thunder became the laughter of the earth goddess Gaea. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A few of the men were chuckling loudly, but the laughter had a closer kinship to obscenity than to joy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’m not done reading,” he replies, laughter in his voice. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Their laughter is nice and warm, like a bowl of soup. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

And everyone in the room, except Sam, erupted in laughter. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Two white men, their faces blackened by burned cork, capered through a series of skits that brought the park to exuberant laughter. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The guys’ laughter followed me, bouncing off the tiles, between my ears, rattling around in my head. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Then they quiet again and listen to Anise’s whisper, and the laughter breaks out once more. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The sounds were muffled, but continued: the haunted wind lamenting, the house shuddering, an increasing assortment of shrieks, screams, howls, and wild bursts of gibbering laughter. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Shouted orders filled the air, along with nervous laughter and the sound of British boots on the cobblestones. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Corry flung back her wispy little head and shrieked with laughter. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

It sounded almost as if he were talking in his sleep, but the laughter, little bursts of it between the wheezes, was very high and strange. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a delicious feast; the hall echoed with talk, laughter, and the clatter of knives and forks. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Somehow she had gotten the notion that a dwarf lord- ling would be the perfect consort for her laughter Lollys, a large, soft, dim-witted girl who rumor said was still a maid at thirty-and-three. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Somehow we became so completely hysterical that we were still having what Mom calls fits of help- less laughter when we got to school. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

And with another loud peal of laughter he spread his speckled wings and flew out of the window.... Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

There was something maniacal in the sound of his laughter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I could tell by the smiles on their faces, the laughter we shared, and the seriousness with which my fellow code talkers approached our work. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

That name alone almost made me howl with laughter, but I kept telling myself not to laugh through my mouth, but out the other direction. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Indistinguishable sounds of approval rose around me—quiet laughter, clearing throats, whispers. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her laughter snags Gabriel, and puffs of air fill his cheeks, and then in the next breath, Ethan and I are snorting, too, unable to maintain our scowls. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Bast burst into startled laughter and made an obscene gesture with one hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

So many things made me crack up that I was always bursting into laughter in class. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The creature made a violent rip-rip-rip sound that might have been laughter. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The crowd, which had been amazingly quiet since their appearance, broke out in appreciative laughter. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He seized the envelope, and holding it before him like a bomb, sprinted out of the hall, while the Slytherin table exploded with laughter at the sight of him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was like he’d found a chink in her armor and had squeezed through, insisting with his easy laughter and his goofy jokes that she like him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

There was a burst of laughter, and two girls tumbled from behind the nearest tree. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The laughter died away, when a well-known and abhorred voice, apparently close to my ear, addressed me in an audible whisper, “I am satisfied, miserable wretch! You have determined to live, and I am satisfied.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

At night die high singing of women’s voices and light laughter floated out of the upper windows and the sweet strumming of lutes struck delicately by the hands of girls. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

They passed some boys swimming and clowning in the water, shrouding their words in laughter. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A love thing with her mother, the way her grandfather had with Miss Fran—through laughter. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I turned and fled, his laughter chasing after me like the wind. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

When that ended, the mumbling and high laughter started all over. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

From time to time the sound of voices, squealing laughter, arose from beyond the trees and hedges. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The laughter erupting from my throat sounds so euphoric I don’t recognize it as mine. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But there is food and laughter and the music. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The shouts of laughter followed Harry into the entrance hall. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I didn’t appreciate the laughter around the room. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I can see Dessie now, her gold pince-nez wabbling on a nose not properly bridged for pince-nez, her eyes streaming with hilarious tears, and her whole front constricted with muscular spasms of laughter. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A sound of laughter was heard—they turned sharply. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

There was unrestrained laughter and the three enjoyed the analogy of comparing Boobie to an animal. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The giants roared as the Death Eaters rose together, and there were many cries, gasps, even laughter. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I ran blindly, boiling with outrage and despair and harsh laughter. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I come out, Safaa covers her mouth and turns away so I don’t see her laughter. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He would cackle with laughter and caper, if any jest was made, or even if Frodo spoke kindly to him, and weep if Frodo rebuked him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I heard some laughter from the audience and realized that Luke had wriggled to the front and was miming the words to the song. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

His laughter floats up and fades into the dark, starry sky. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The men now did not pick up their tools because they were bent over in laughter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marcus and Adrian glued my locker shut and wrote Space Boy gargles alien balls on the door in permanent marker, and I couldn’t walk the halls without being stalked by whispers and cruel laughter. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

My pulse beats with my footsteps on the ramp, and as I get closer to Jason’s front door, I hear a thumping bass line and muted laughter. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart is thumping so loudly, it drowns out the sounds of laughter in the other room. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He laughed, but I heard a litde edge to his laughter . . . an uneasiness. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The giant’s laughter echoed like a detonating depth charge. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I got another round of laughter when I tried to pronounce her name. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear laughter and smell barbecue cooking. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Catelyn listened to girlish laughter, and the excited chatter of the green boys her brother had left her for a garrison. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I was twirling in exhilarated laughter when I suddenly fell into a trench. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I might have from time to time served as the butt of their laughter, but I had never achieved enough status to earn their hatred. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whispers ride the air, and I think I hear the piercing staccato of wild laughter. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

A hardly perceptible shiver ran through the stem and up into the branches; the leaves rustled and whispered, but with a sound now of faint and far-off laughter. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Matt leaped from the car and sprinted to the other side of the house, the laughter of his family following him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Riotous laughter followed us down the aisles, seeming to come from below us, above us, on either side. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Sparrow and Ruby threw snowballs at each other, their laughter a bit too sharp, their aim a bit too true, and Minya slipped away somewhere, promising to release the ghost, Ari-Eil, to his natural evanescence. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Great, booming, helpless laughter from the bottom of his soul. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The sound of my laughter was off, but he didn’t seem to notice. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Isa played a mournful tune on her violin, and the brownstone was devoid of the bustle and laughter typical of the Vanderbeeker household. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When the door of the upstairs room had creaked shut on its leather hinges and the laughter had at last died away, Ranofer turned and walked slowly back to the acacia tree. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

They listened to the wild, rough laughter of Count Olaf and his theater troupe, and they picked at their own portions of food, too miserable to eat. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

So he opened the door—and stared beyond the picket gate at Willis Hurd and his friends, who all broke into sudden and uproarious laughter—all except Willis, who was smiling his chicken-killing smile. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He could hear the mocking laughter of colleagues in Washington and at Rand. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Everyone must have seen them, or heard their muted laughter, or smelled the heavy pomade on their hair—or perhaps failed to see them at all. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Then surely you have chosen the right one, Your Grace," she said, and a gale of laughter erupted all around her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Dawn Madden shrieked with laughter like girls do. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

If you hear the word, “Impossible!” spoken as an expletive, followed by laughter, you will know that someone’s orderly research plan is coming along nicely. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we finally coaxed him out, after all the splashing and laughter, he would sit on the edge of the tub and twist his knuckles into his eyes, which were red from the soapy water. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the house, I hear laughter and conversation, the sounds of women enjoying each other's company. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A snort of laughter from the corner of the kitchen greets my attempt at de-stressing. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

As she turned the corner, without ever looking back to be sure I was still there staring, she said something to me, and I could hear the laughter in her voice. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hard, cruel laughter just like the kids at school. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Outside upon the grass the woodland captives heard Cluny’s crazed laughter ringing from the Abbey. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But the laughter of a gold-toothed man brought them back to their senses. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mom’s laughter was one of his favorite sounds. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Then someone splashed her and she jumped up, bursting into laughter. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The bald man writhed on the floor while the other reavers sent up gales of laughter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

After a while, the sound of Robb's laughter receded, and the woods grew silent again. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“My chairs are not made to take such abuse. And young ladies do not sit two to a seat. Do you hear me? Ella! Stop your unseemly laughter.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Aunty Uju laughed and in her laughter was a certain assent, because his words “Let me see if this is any good” were about her being a good cook, and therefore a good wife. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I read quickly, and there was a chorus of laughter in response. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

My sisters shrieked with laughter when I appeared. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a year older than I, skinny, brown as a chocolate bar, his hair orange, his hazel eyes full of mischief and laughter. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A howl of laughter went up irrepressibly. “. . . this monstrous practical joke,” the Director shouted. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two teenage boys, kicking a football back and forth twenty yards away, stopped to watch, bent double with laughter. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face had become very serious, almost grim, with every trace of laughter taken from it. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room erupted in laughter, and no one said anything else publicly about Gartler’s findings. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The low sound of laughter boils the skin on my cheeks, and I jump up and dart offstage, grab my backpack, and fly out the door before it gets any louder. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then he tilted back his head and roared with laughter as if I had told the rarest jest of all. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

And the women were so real that he could nearly touch them; and he heard again their laughter and their sighs, and felt beneath his hands again their thighs and breasts. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I am Boukman,” the boy huffed out, as though there was some laughter caught in his throat. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

They would quickly realize their error in their laughter toward me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

There will be drills and running lines and scrimmage matches and laughter and gossip. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Looking over his shoulder, the short boy saw where the snake was and heard its laughter. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

A gale of laughter went up in the saloon. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was much laughter and clapping of hands. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The night is quiet, except for the peals of laughter coming from inside the theater. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

This one looked at him—pleased, incredulous—and barked with laughter. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was a moment of silence while the two women considered this, then a loud outburst as they near fell over themselves in laughter. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be more specific: She was lost in a dream of long ago, a dream filled with laughter and Black Forest cake and sun-dappled meadows that rang with the singing of adorable birds— “Miss? Miss?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The Weasleys roared with laughter and Harry settled back in his seat, grinning from ear to ear. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Their separate stares, captured forever in distorted laughter, met and locked at the point of the hall where the vicious cold centered. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

They laughed together as Reznak sputtered, but the laughter ceased when Brown Ben said, “We caught three Astapori. Your Worship had best hear what they say.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Telemakhos’ frenzy struck someone as funny, and soon the whole room roared with laughter at him, so that all tension passed. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As long as you have the sound of laughter,” he groaned unhappily, “I cannot take your sense of humor—and, with it, you’ve nothing to fear from me.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then, inspired by the sound of their laughter and by this moment, I quickly log in to the YouTube account Ms. Holly gave me. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

A storm of laughter arose and even the tiniest child joined in. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The women clapped; some bent over in hilarious laughter. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The crowd gave a collective groan, followed by laughter and chatter. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Shorty screamed, then let his voice trail off in a gale of wild laughter. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I’ve ever known is coming apart. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I would have been angrier if his laughter wasn’t so fascinating. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He shook his head, the laughter gone from his eyes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

We reach the mess hall, and the cacophony within hits us like a wave—laughter and boasts and the raucous talk of three thousand young men on the verge of leave or graduation. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Music and laughter and the sweet smell of German beer poured from the rathskeller in the building’s basement. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

At last the stairs were empty of clattering feet and the shrill laughter of young women at the end of a long workday. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I twisted to search the cliffwalls again, but still my mother wasn’t there, and my laughter grew fierce. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was unquestionably shaking with laughter, as if he’d heard every word Tyler had said. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Now that her scars were gone, Pinmei could see her wide, pleasant face, dimpled with laughter. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Some of the people flocked to them, attracted to their laughter and fun. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Boromir looked in surprise at Bilbo, but the laughter died on his lips when he saw that all the others regarded the old hobbit with grave respect. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I just sat, listening to the muffled sounds of our moms from the other room—low voices and sniffling and even, once or twice, what I could have sworn was laughter. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She was howling with laughter, an ugly kind of humor, the sort that comes from making fun of another person. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The Mexican girls stared at him before bursting into laughter. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

All the boys except Piggy started to giggle; presently they were shrieking with laughter. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I hear laughter from the next room, male and female. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A fresh bomb of laughter blew me into tiny bits. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Sprawled on his belly, a cut on one hand, dirt in his mouth, he heard something rustling through the foliage behind him, and a strange sound that was either laughter or running water. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It took a moment for my head to clear, but when it did, I heard splashing and laughter from upstream. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The laughter spread up and down the benches, until even the cooks joined in. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Matthias joined in the laughter as Mr. and Mrs. Squirrel thanked Basil for the generous gift to their tiny offspring. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He opened the car door and a mix of laughter, loud, unintelligible words, and thrash metal music flowed into our forest and infected it with them. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I think you need to be in the movie,” Maddie said, almost choking with laughter. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

One with laughter like tin and one with eyes of a cat and one with hands like porcelain. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard her loud laughter, and it echoed and went on for a while. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Without waiting for his father’s laughter to die, Ben lowered his voice and said, “Then I’ll have a double martini on the rocks with a twist of lemon.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women were cooking and I could smell onions frying already, could hear the phht-phht of a pressure cooker, music, laughter. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The guard was swaying back and forth with laughter. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snake lady made a hissing noise that might’ve been laughter. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The night was full of noises: bursts of drunken laughter, two raucous voices raised in song, the clatter and whine of some badly oiled machine in a basement. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The wizard roared with laughter at his own wit. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

We assumed that all people were good to the degree to which they amused us, or to the extent to which we could make them objects of laughter. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her skin was the beautiful color of dark honey and her laughter was sweet. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

No one could resist the music and laughter. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Now, in the shrill, silent aftermath of his suicide attempt, she wondered how much they had masked with all that laughter. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her true language kept twirling into her head unannounced, replete with an arrogant dazzling laughter, boisterous, obscene, illiterate, tickling her mind on twinkle- toes of murder. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tea Cake came out throwin’ laughter over his shoulder into the house. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Guests are speaking in Bengali, hollering, arguing, talking on top of one another, the sound of their laughter filling the already crowded rooms. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

With an effort I managed to restrain my incredulous laughter. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

From the left she heard the sound of laughter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The quarter was as filled with the sound of singing and of laughter as the Big House. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

They glanced at each other and then exploded with laughter. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

They wore embroidered caftans and spicy perfume, their Chinese weaves hanging down to their backs, their conversation lined with a hard-edged worldliness, their laughter short and scornful. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I did not appreciate their laughter at my expense, nor did I like the feeling it created inside of me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

That brought a round of laughter from the rest of the room. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Mama burst into our room as the horn and laughter faded into the night. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But instead, Sammy smiled, threw up his arms and executed a stiff little jig, joining in their laughter. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now volleys of laughter exploded across the lawn. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were in tucks of laughter at his antics as Sam slapped at his fur and performed somersaults with a comical expression on his face. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The talk and laughter echoing around the Hall died away almost instantly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Immediately, Ralph and the crowd of boys were united and relieved by a storm of laughter. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

We were sitting at a table with a man of about my age and a rowdy little girl who gave way upon the slightest provocation to uncontrollable laughter. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Malcolm couldn’t tell which of the nuns it was, but then it was joined by another face, and the window swung open, into the dark and the cries of agonized laughter. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

From the far end of the cafeteria, they heard a whoop and then guffaws of laughter as Hari got on the cafeteria table, stripped off his shirt, and twirled it around. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

On three occasions I hear what can only be described as "aggressive laughter." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Keep him under arrest I” the M.P. shouted, doubling over with raucous laughter at his jest, and sped away in his jeep. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She spoke very little, and had lost that fresh, brazen laughter that was the first thing I had liked about her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

An eruption of high-pitched laughter blared up from the yard. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I could hear the children arrive for what must have been a party and hear their laughter and chatter. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“SORRY!” the girls yelled as one before dissolving into laughter. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He hooted, gasped, sobbed, began to choke with laughter. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one to echo her every petty remark, round out her laughter. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I want to laugh, shriek with laughter, fall off my chair. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

And John threw his foot from him and roared with laughter as he thought of Aunt Flossie. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Coming out of the lunchroom, I heard laughter behind me. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The guests laughed, but it was a joyless laughter, the sort of laughter that can turn into sobbing in half a heartbeat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I hear voices in the living room—a chorus of them, in fact, joined by occasional bursts of laughter and a faint melody plucked on an instrument, a banjo or a guitar. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Draco Malfoy was miming the shattering of a nose to raucous laughter and applause. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There is laughter, the sound of car engines, voices raised in excitement. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Our laughter dies down, and it’s real quiet out here. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The tone of their voices and the cackling laughter didn’t sound like talk of family. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

When Bronn choked on a snort of laughter, he knew how he must proceed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Girls giggling and whispering in the corridors, girls shrieking with laughter as boys passed them, girls excitedly comparing notes on what they were going to wear on Christmas night. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The laughter began again, and in the background they played something fast and light and the tenor did not sing. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a loud burst of laughter behind me and I heard the Belgian clergyman exclaim: 'That is really heretical! The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then, Bertha’s laughter danced through the screen door. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Double-barreled booms and laughter mingled with smells of mustard and onions and barbecue and gunsmoke. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was she who, after breakfast, before bath time, and at bed, nuzzled Mirabelle’s soft belly until the baby gurgled with laughter. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I could see Robert standing by the open door, and there was a scraping of chairs, a babble of conversation, and of laughter. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

So they layered cynicism atop their longing, and it was something like laying laughter over the darkness—self-preservation of an uglier stripe. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Angie puts her hand over her mouth quick, I guess to hold back all her laughter. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The others laughed, too, even Emenike himself, but there was, underneath their laughter, a barbed echo. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He heard a shriek, and then rising, spreading waves of laughter in discordant tones. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

As if I had just uttered the joke of the century, the teacher burst into peals of maniacal laughter. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

His laughter sounded flat in the cold air. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone told a joke; there was a ripple of laughter. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited for the clapping and the laughter that would follow as I walked slowly down the stairs. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When they got done, Luke was ready to spend a little extra time running when he heard shouting in the hallway, followed by laughter. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He didn’t mean to hurt Freddie’s feelings, but he couldn’t stop the laughter, and the more he tried, the more it came. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was, however, a barrage of laughter from behind her. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

A ship’s captain finished telling a yarn, and the windowpanes rattled with laughter. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama yelled after them as they ran toward their parents, who were too stunned at the egg in their children’s hair and clothes to notice my mother shaking with laughter. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seconds passed with her laughter as the only sound able to float up above the rain—at least until Chubs put his face in his hands and let out a long groan. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The roar of the crowd swelled up to the ceiling—a terrible thunder of shouting and stomping and mad laughter—and then it broke across the room like a flood. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, I never!” says another, but mostly there is relieved laughter, because if this is the horse with the tail where his head should be, then how bad can the men’s show be? Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Belet curled up as the laughter gave way to a groan. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I let myself dream: I imagined conversation and laughter over dinner instead of silence broken only by the clinking of silverware and the occasional grunt. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Rather, it was the moments between the grins and laughter, when a shadow passed across the duke’s face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Red all over the cupboard, mirth rhymes with birth, oh to die of laughter. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the first one, which they had interrupted every third sentence with questions, they were an attentive audience, and silent except for their frequent loud sighs and Esther’s nervous laughter at all the wrong moments. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They make this noise when they’re playing. It’s not exactly panting. More like a puffing sound, sort of. But they think it could be dog laughter.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They were both laughing, and then the laughter stilled, gave way to a new, strange graveness, a slippery joining. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

This time Robert and Maurice acted the two parts; and Maurice's acting of the pig's efforts to avoid the advancing spear was so funny that the boys cried with laughter. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He raised a finger to his lips and pretended to tiptoe the rest of the way into the apartment, dissolving into even louder laughter a few seconds later. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

As the echoes died away so did the laughter, and there was silence. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I asked, after he had stilled his laughter. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“This was Ruby’s idea, actually. She misses her mom and says the spoons sound like her mom’s laughter.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I felt overwhelmed by the laughter, chatter, and squeals of my sisters—the sounds that I had missed so much. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Then she heard more laughter and didn’t want to take time cleaning herself further. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The long hallway reminds me of the storage center where Dad worked, except inside the lockers there weren’t happy screams and laughter. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

If there is no laughter, the soul dies. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The taste brought back to them the memory of fair faces, and laughter, and wholesome food in quiet days now far away. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Everyone but Sunny, who was chillin', trapping his laughter in his face, as usual, so nobody knew what he was really thinking. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The drums of war had not yet silenced the laughter of the harvesters, but Aziz felt the first pinch of heartache when her father didn’t return on the appointed day. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They heard a cackle of laughter and a fragment of song. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

As their laughter faded they looked at each other, and there was an openness in Taisin’s face—a kind of camaraderie—that Kaede had not seen before. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When they walk away, The dime of sun Pavs them back With laughter And the juice runs To their elbows, Sticky summer rain That sweetens the street. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She froze in terror, and then burst out laughing—nervous, near-hysterical laughter. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His laughter is nostalgic, I see now, the laughter of indulgence towards his former self. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take no joy in mead nor meat, and song and laughter have become suspicious strangers to me. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She looked for a moment as if she was going to burst into laughter again, but she drew a deep, shuddering breath instead, regaining her composure. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Without them, his eyes were small and weak and amiable, watery with smoke, crinkled at the edges with laughter. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Of course Christmas Day in the Charity-Sanchez home with the Coopers is nothing short of spellbinding: love and laughter and light, cuisine and cookies and comfort, bliss and booze and bounty. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I thought of our warm kitchen at home in Tilsit, the soft ring of the lids trembling on their pots, and my sister’s laughter echoing throughout the house. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And I thought, Maybe this will be the summer when there is nothing but laughter. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, they burst into loud laughter! First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her laughter floated back to him on the wind, teasing him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now, there was deep laughter in his voice. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first my grandmother couldn’t believe me, but as I went on about the workbooks and circles, she dissolved into another round of laughter. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear Eddie hissing at me to slow down and wait for him, feel my ribs splitting with laughter as I ran. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

One of them calls out, “Forty- seven!” and the others roar with laughter. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Her responses to our son, their laughter, the simple, ambient noise of that time. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Normally groups this large would overflow with sounds—chatting, laughter, arguments, people calling one another’s names, like the market on any given day. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They almost gave you the feeling that you could hear things inside his head going “whirr-clank-buzz,” but for once it didn’t seem to have anything to do with laughter. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guys in the bus erupted in laughter. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Thanks to the Soundkeeper, there was music and laughter and, for very brief moments, even a little silence. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The drum intensified, the laughter turned ever more hilarious. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Barely tensing her legs, she shot up over one of the apartment buildings, Kasusu shrieking with metallic laughter. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

An occasional peal of drunken laughter drowned out the hoarse yells of tired children and the stoop chatter and the muted noise of a dozen transistors on different stations. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were lines around her eyes from laughter, and around her mouth from grief. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I just sit there as the others try to hold in their laughter. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Now and then, laughter reached her on the cool evening breeze. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took several minutes to get Shoshana to stop shrieking with laughter. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Far beneath him, he heard their voices and laughter sharp as icicles. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Basketball Pole apologizes and says something else, but four hundred people explode in laughter and I can’t read lips. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

And as the far off hand of Quinn tightened its pressure in easy stages, the laughter grew forced, an element of hollow uncertainty entered, and people broke off to wonder. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The tank snorted past, four inches from their heads, amidst the hard laughter of the soldiers and the howl of the fire engines. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kick and scream and roar with laughter, but he holds tight, refusing to let go. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I expected the corset unlacing would take place after dinner,” Celia says mildly, earning a chorus of laughter. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The moment the sow began to move Tyrion slid off her rump and landed on his own, provoking gales of laughter from the bidders. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Their laughter rose up around George, but it didn’t bother him, because right then he realized that it didn’t matter what they thought. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

It’s only a few notes, but mixed with the soft rush of the wind and the smoke upon it, I hear...the strum of a distant guitar, and laughter. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

His laughter caught in his throat, and for a moment, a trace of anger flared in his gaze. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The voices and laughter of a hundred kids and various CD players echo off the linoleum walls and fill the air with a collage of colors. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

A part of me resented the group’s laughter and ease. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was no laughter at all now and more grave watching. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He began a new round of wild laughter. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But I had to keep that side of me tamped down because laughter in the gym would’ve been seen as a sign that I wasn’t committed. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I ran up the stairs and inside, thankful that the clanging drowned out their laughter. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Before I could explain, laughter echoed through the theater as a group of people rounded the corner at the front. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

As they passed, Malfoy did a ridiculous impression of a swooning fit and there was a roar of laughter. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Except it’s not the Goldengrove anymore, because the hobgoblin king and queen have captured the fairy princess whose laughter makes the sun rise. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Every new move brought new laughter from the line. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

A gust of childish laughter drifted through the dpen doors behind him, and her uncle glanced darkly over his shoulder. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They went inside and their laughter rang out first from the kitchen and all over the house. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

All at once, they both saw the funny side of the whole thing, and they burst into peals of laughter. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Troubled, yet also with laughter, he recalled that time. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of their laughter and conversation died as they disappeared into his mama’s bedroom to get ready. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A group of boys were smoking and laughing close by and for a moment, their laughter seemed directed at her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She won’t stop saying Ye, and now Malachy is helpless with laughter, spewing out his bread and tea, his face turning red. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I did not stop until, squeaking with laughter, she threw herself on the floor. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then he finally gave in, and the raspy laughter he made heartened me a little. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Not until the flames began to subside did his manic laughter fade. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Tell us the other thing that is on your mind,” Lili said, joining in their laughter. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

A whole fresh batch of laughter steams up the windows. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She reads out the descriptions, snorting with stifled laughter: “ ‘Delightfully trimmed in dainty lace, with extra support for the mature figure.’ Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She thought about all the nights they had stayed up late, talking in whispers and using their pillows to muffle their laughter. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

There should have been silks fluttering, music in the air, and laughter drifting down from the children on their high wires. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

My siblings pause their laughter to look at me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There seemed no hint of laughter or any history of it in this terrible place. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the kitchen came the sound of laughter. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

He had talked to Sammy the night before, had joked with him, had heard the high-pitched laughter and watched his car pull out of sight. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the laughter had died down, I pulled Emma aside and whispered, “What exactly is it that makes Horace peculiar—aside from his clothes, I mean?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

There was the sound of laughter — thin, distant, like bells. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And before he knew where he was, he was heaving and trembling and bursting with laughter at the thought of Aunt Emily’s umbrella. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The coyotes nuzzled along the slopes and, torn with sorrow-joy, raised their heads and shouted their feeling, half keen, half laughter, at their goddess moon. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I fought down laughter at the thought of Wilem as a soprano and shook my head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And at this a small flurry of laughter swept over the table; they went back to their eating and drinking, as though the matter were finished. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

One among that audience exclaimed after a moment, “I sure ain’t!" whereupon all of them joined in laughter and we walked on with Malcolm X waving back to cries of “He’s right!" The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I had to choke back my laughter. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The thought of Grace being the burglar was so funny to Turtle, she plopped down on the sofa and rolled about in laughter. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over and over again he dreamed about his parents disappearing in a flash of green light, while a high voice cackled with laughter. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She laughed so long and hard that tears of laughter glittered in her eyes, and as she laughed, for the first time she reached out and squeezed her new husband Njord’s hand. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

As if signaled by his laughter, two more swords appeared in midair. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hummed with laughter and shouts like a big party. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

And the laughter doesn’t feel at all like it did just a minute ago. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I feel his laughter against my side, his nose sliding along my jaw, his lips pressing behind my ear. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

All the laughter had died away, and not a whisper could be heard. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I made myself stop talking and bit down nervous laughter. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Get ’em, Mrs. Torrance!” someone from the crowd yelled, but when laughter broke the silence, she raised a hand. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He could smell things cooking, and he heard soft laughter. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

This made Dicey feel like smiling, but not from laughter. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy’s laughter now zigzags up and down like a mouse trying to flee and not knowing which way to turn. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

When he reached her, she had collapsed on the grass, dissolved in nearly silent laughter. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

But her laughter died away at sight of all their faces. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Behind him he heard a burst of incredulous laughter, and continued on his way, well satisfied. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people who had marched in triumph went to watch the bourgeoisie standing in line and fighting to get through the doors of the banks, and roared with laughter. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one short morning I had exhibited insane laughter, hidden lust, pissy behavior, self-pity, and hysterical crying. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Screams and laughter and what sounded like metal beating on metal.The screams were the most chilling, and he didn’t know if he was prepared to see their source. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Sarai cracked first, tipping into helpless laughter, and Feral followed, and mirth worked its mundane magic, leaching the tension from Sarai’s spine and relieving the cold dread that had been pressing on her all evening. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He laughed, and there was an edge to his laughter. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Walking home at night was perilous, for there were no lights, the silence pierced by yells, laughter, and occasional gunfire. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

No laughter—just tears when we hold him. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He swung away, moving lightly and confidently; there was a bounce in his step that matched the laughter in his eyes. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Voices cried “Happy New Year!” and gloating laughter rolled down from the lulls through the darkness like a witch’s glee. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

They mix together into a confusing sludge of familiar and strange faces, something that sounds like Tess's laughter, something else that sounds like June's voice. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The laughter rippled across the darkness like a silken ribbon. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As the laughter rolled around him, his face darkened, and his sword hand curled into a fist. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"Don't speak for all men," a male voice says, sending raucous laughter through the room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

From there I heard sweet words of love and soft laughter. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two students run into class, giggling- I firm my muscles, ready for the giggles to explode into laughter thrown at me. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

There is a smattering of laughter and whispers as his words spread. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If this weren’t such a dire scenario, Moss would have broken out into laughter. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He came across the one he sought almost at once, the young Dumbledore and his handsome companion, roaring with laughter at some long-forgotten joke. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Don't go too far,” the other boys echoed, then burst out into laughter. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Us and Styx and Dad, with laughter and s’mores and even basketball. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The chaplain clutched his head with both hands and doubled over in laughter. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was a giggle at first that soon erupted into legitimate, unconscious laughter that spilled through the house and up the stairs like an endangered music. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like right now: We have the grass under our feet and Fluffernutter’s wagging stump and the spinning and the laughter and the sky growing dark above our heads. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And there was an additional note in the laughter, like a scream of agony. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was Lillian who began to laugh and it spread to her children and possessed them, a laughter one part hysteria and one part relief. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We “gossiped” for a couple minutes, trying to hold back any inappropriate laughter—the kind that would’ve given us away. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Stifling our laughter, we’d hand the crushed coppers across the counter at the company store for candy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You only think I guessed wrong,” said the Sicilian, his laughter ringing louder. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A loud peal of laughter boomed and rang out in the valley of flames. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The laughter starts—but they’re not laughing because they think I’m funny. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

When she finally got her laughter under control, she said, “I really need to set up a filter to edit out that laugh of mine.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I’m trying to keep my laughter suppressed, because he looks like someone died, but I’m having a hard time. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was a round of handshakes, and a chorus of genial laughter at something Lord Marshall said. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Rickshaws empty passengers full of happy laughter and gasps of excitement. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The noises brought me back—car horns, shrieky laughter, crazy people screaming at each other over a parking spot. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear more laughter, and for a moment think that there are others hiding in the room—but the laughter is from the skull faces of his tattoos. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Harriet had wanted to hear him laugh again, hear that happy carefree laughter of his. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several lockers down I hear laughter, and I turn to see a bunch of boys with Matt in the middle, telling some joke. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Not hysterical laughter, but the helpless laugher of someone who’s just heard something so funny they can’t help but bubble over with it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then, others joined in the laughter as they envisioned the result of the assignment. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pickett finished with one mighty stab, then put both hands on his knees and crouched and howled with laughter, enjoying himself enormously. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at that moment there came a sound like mingled song and laughter. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

That caused hearty laughter all around and glasses raised. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man turned his head, looked at me, twitched his mouth to reveal several rotten buckteeth, spat a huge blob of mucus into the fire, and then broke into a long, scornful laughter. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

His solemn face crinkled into lines of puzzlement and then, still not understanding, he crumpled into laughter, as though glad to be infected by her merriment. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

But now, they followed Tantalus’s lead, and Tantalus roared with laughter. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her tinkling laughter was somehow stronger than our nervous ones. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no demonic laughter, no one was chasing him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

There was some laughter, and a noticeable release of tension, during which some men exchanged money. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bethany is only eight. A gentle girl, full of laughter. She has never been more than a day’s ride from my hall.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mary Poppins’s voice sounded above the roars of laughter like a trumpet. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The laughter stopped as if cut by scissors. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the girls got to the porch I heard their laughter crackling and popping like pine logs in a cooking stove. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was laughter, but some of the crowd, both men and women, were still looking anxiously at the houses. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She smiled at it, and the women all shrieked with laughter. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The elegant woman’s serene face twitched with controlled laughter. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“No laughter tonight, Seer. Just silence, as if people were very nervous. It was a little scary.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The laughter and smiles of crowds had given him strength, whereas they drained me even when I enjoyed them. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

At noon the guests began to arrive by coach and horse, and the great adobe house filled with laughter and conversation. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

To her dismay, Father doubled over with laughter. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Susan Calvin burst into body-racking gusts of wild laughter, “not dead—merely insane. I confronted him with the insoluble dilemma, and he broke down. You can scrap him now—because he’ll never speak again.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Despite everything, I had to laugh, and gradually my own laughter began to affect me like a balm. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

From behind her door, I could hear the Johnny Carson theme song and the audience’s laughter, as if they were at a party, having a grand time. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He saunters away, leaving a trail of heavy laughter. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

This caused laughter around the table, which Mr Taylor next to me explained by saying: 'That was a gent used to live in the big house not far from here, sir. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

With Cole’s laughter, hot tears escaped his reddened and angry eyes and flooded his cheeks. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It was a very quiet thing, with a great certainty to it; no laughter, no wildness, just a steady, decided, and ceaseless flow. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gaea’s laughter was a soft rustling sound, like dirt trickling down a hill in the first moments of an avalanche. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Their laughter and cheers rose up around George, and the fear he’d felt in the baggage hold faded away. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

The song ended and there was a burst of laughter and clapping. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was distressing to emerge from her inner temple and find these black desecrators howling with laughter before the door. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I awoke from a deep sleep to the sound of harsh laughter and pounding feet in the alley below me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I lie in my bed listening to the bursts of laughter. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He waved his paws, pleading for the joking to stop, as he rolled about on the floor, exploding from bouts of giggling to fits of laughter. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I hung my head in shame, expecting a salvo of laughter. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for weeks after, all we needed to send us into violent outbursts of laughter was a whispered “Preach it.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s been quiet the last few days; even the laughter of the littlest kids sounds hollow. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Then Tom and Goldberry set the table; and the hobbits sat half in wonder and half in laughter: so fair was the grace of Goldberry and so merry and odd the caperings of Tom. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But Charlie laughed, and so she began to laugh, though it was the kind of laughter that caught like briars in her chest and felt very much like pain. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The laughter caught in his throat and made him cough. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A rush of students surrounds us, and the laughter dies in my throat. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Mr. Quisling paced the aisles for so long the laughter faded into suppressed giggles, then uneasy silence and shifting in seats. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

See, when the sweat and laughter comes, that basically means the spirit is in the building. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

We burst into laughter, so hard that I have to wipe tears from my eyes. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The skewed face, the laughter with it, made something flood into Claire’s memory, surging upward in her like a wave about to break. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They sat for a long moment in silence while the talk and laughter at the table dipped and soared about them like swallows. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also became prone to sudden fits of hilarious laughter over nothing, which, while disconcerting, nevertheless made him entertaining company. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The nervous laughter is gone, but his lips quiver. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Thor’s booming guffaws, each louder than a thunderclap, mingled with Odin’s dry laughter, with Balder’s bell-like laughter... Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Now both Valley and Seven devolved into laughter before shushing each other through fits of laughter and tears. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

A black-haired baby was zooming in and out of the picture on a tiny broom, roaring with laughter, and a pair of legs that must have belonged to James was chasing after him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Everyone roared with laughter when the stitches finally broke. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was laughter, and she thanked them for the years of her upbringing. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She flourishes her brilliant fingernails and breaks into childlike laughter. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Violet learned then what she had forgotten until this moment: that laughter is serious. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a ragged burst of laughter; faint, but clear, it floated back across the evening air. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

Whatever he was whispering must have been amusing, for his big bald friend gave a sudden snort of laughter, loud enough so that the king himself turned his head toward the Domishmen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And in a way that only grandfather and granddaughter could do, together Cynthia and Cinder split open and laughter poured out of them. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The party went on, but the musical lilt of voices, the cymbal lightness of laughter, did not. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They say it grows so cold up here in winter that a man's laughter freezes in his throat and chokes him to death," Ned said evenly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray tucked his lips into his mouth like a man with no teeth and tried to hold in his laughter. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

From one of the windows there came the sound of laughter. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not at all like Market Day, with its sounds of laughter, conversation, and commerce: good-natured bargaining, the squealing of pigs, the motherly cluck of hens with their cheep­ ing broods. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Their faces lit up with laughter at something one of them had just said. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Around me there were shouts of laughter and disapproval. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His laughter had burst the button from his tieless shirt collar, and a white strip outlined his gaunt neck. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a murmur of laughter from the crowd around us. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Except for soft laughter, the music covered all sound in the room. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel was stumbling through a dark tunnel while a woman’s laughter echoed around her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There was a sound as of a thin plate of glass broken— laughter. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave an explosive sound, mostly through the nose, of either laughter or the opposite of laughter. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“A girl taking off her dress,” he says to more laughter. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her laughter floated upstairs into the living room, where I sat reading. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you know? ’Tis a world of laughter, a world of tears.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Every few minutes I hear a chorus of laughter from them as someone is eliminated and has to sit in the center of the circle. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A bubble of scary laughter threatens to rise up my throat, and I have to bite my cheek to keep it from coming. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A burst of laughter from the party startles me, and I keep running back to my room. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The muted laughter and piano playing from the bar could still be heard through the wood-paneled walls. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They were all sitting there, watching me, trying to hold in their laughter. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

From somewhere over the low brick wall at the other end of the field, we hear chatter and laughter and the chirping of a water fountain. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Words and laughter and bread and sausages flew through the tobacco smoke and the horse’s legs. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I saw some tears and even heard some laughter. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

A great gust of laughter went up from behind him, but he did not look back. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Listening behind the summerhouse, Eleanor heard their laughter and the sound of their feet running down the path to the house.“ The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The loud music and shouts of laughter are replaced with a sleepy silence, all the deeper in the truck. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Why laughter?” he wondered for the hundredth time. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The echo of our lunchtime laughter sits in my belly for the whole afternoon. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

As he set the table, he kept from glancing at the living room, although he could hear her laughter and Master’s voice, with its irritating new timbre. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dimple sat beside him and wiped her eyes, her laughter subsiding to a few hiccups. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Jimmy, two tables away, notices my stifled laughter, smiles at me, and laughs himself. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Listening to their shouted laughter, I realize my own quiet. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby slapped her knee and howled with laughter. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

‘I know the reason!’ shouted the seven-year-old sister, screaming with laughter. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She comes over, full of disbelief and laughter. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

This book is an attempt to ensure that the conversation does not end with nervous laughter. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I imagined hearing the laughter and bickering of my brothers and sister. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

When it came out of her, it turned to laughter. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fred and George set off for the hospital wing, accompanied by Lee, who was howling with laughter, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione, also chortling, went in to breakfast. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Every day I woke to deafening silence instead of my sisters' laughter and shrieks. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The main character had a stunning resemblance to Javier, and the laughter choked him as his throat began to close up again. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Hana swirls her around and around until both of them collapse in laughter and dizziness. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The mood in their meeting that night was subdued: no bickering, no laughter, only a general feeling of grim resolve. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She told him, with the suppressed laughter of a person impatient for the punch line of her own joke, about the telemarketer who thought that London was in France. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And I recalled the boys in the blonde wigs, expecting the relief of laughter, but suddenly was more devastated by the humor than by the horror. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after a time their hearts and spirit rose high again, and their voices rang out in mirth and laughter. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Once the man gets off the bus, we burst into laughter. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I was exhausted just listening to the boys’ laughter booming and rolling out over Horn Rock like thunder. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was less talk and laughter at dinner because the TV was on and my cousins took their plates to the living room. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

There used to be a lot of laughter in that kitchen, a lot of good food and loud music and parades of cousins and homework done at the table. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Taran’s jaw dropped and he looked so thunderstruck that Gwydion threw back his head and burst into laughter. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

There was laughter, and another exchange of good nights before I was at last allowed to ascend to the sanctuary of this room. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know which hands hold me and which hands don’t; I see grins and hear laughter. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A wild flash of laughter struggled to rise from beneath my anger. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Will break out into laughter for the third time over my makeshift hazmat suit. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

As he walked stiffly down the street, the sound of their laughter and catcalls still followed him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sparrow’s soft voice curled with laughter, and was cut off by an “Ow!” as Ruby pelted her with a plum. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He could hear laughter ahead, and there were many bright fires. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fought against the painful laughter, and as I calmed I saw them looking at me with a sort of embarrassed gratitude. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s texting something while snorting in laughter, but I have no interest in knowing his business. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The mask looks like a cross between my sister and Edvard Munch’s The Scream; blond hair and a terrified yowling mouth—although from behind the mask I can hear laughter. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Kit sat helpless, her cheeks on fire, and then the laughter and the cheering left her giddy as William stepped resolutely forward to claim his forfeit. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice was low and expressive, with a current of laughter and happiness under the clear surface. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Even now, she recalled the thin, mocking quality of the creature’s voice, the cool prickle of his laughter. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

As cheerful voices and bursts of laughter from my Worlds Party floated in through my window, mixing with the rhythm of “Burn,” I collapsed onto my bedroom floor and started bawling. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They'd scramble through the underbrush into the cave, shaking and out of breath, clapping their hands over each other's mouths to muffle their laughter. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her parents were there, and he nearly broke into laughter at how excited Hishaam seemed, his hand waving back and forth frantically. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

His laughter was so infectious and jubilant, she couldn’t help but be taken in. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

With his face burning and his head bowed, he walked through court after court, hearing that voice roaring ahead of him, hearing tinkles of laughter on every side. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The whole class broke out in laughter and applause. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

His laughter was rough as a saw on stone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Beneath the gaudy gaiety of the show, the bright lights, and the lazy laughter, he felt something sullen and dangerous. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In no time laughter was rocking them both. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Courtney whispers something in Jupiter’s ear, and she tosses her head back in riotous laughter. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

And he and Jane and Michael were off again, rolling about the air, clutching their sides and gasping with laughter at the thought of how funny Miss Persimmon had looked. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He laughed fiendishly, and the laughter carried down the empty road. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

M: *laughter* Um, no, I was just being nice to him.... From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He heard laughter and when he looked around the corner of the boulder, his heart went numb in his chest, and he wasn’t aware of his own rapid breathing any more. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Second’s laughter swirled around him like flakes of ash. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Another spoon of foam and more laughter from him. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

I removed the metal top and took a sip of the frosty drink—the fizzy bubbles reminded me of my sisters' laughter. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And heard the tiny laughter beyond the door, mocking her. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mars’s eyes bulged, he backed off, the scowl collapsed, and he howled with laughter. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A boom was followed by a second, louder explosion of cheers and howling laughter. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Sander and I looked at one another, then broke into fits of laughter. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Palmer froze for a moment, stunned, then crumpled into laughter himself. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I guess I’m ’bout near pure as you, Cap’n,” the woman said, causing Bull to throw his head back and holler with laughter. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jeanine glares at him, and his laughter effortlessly transforms into a coughing fit. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The hall shook to its foundations with his terrible laughter. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually the laughter would give way to insult. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He slapped his knee and bent to let his laughter jerk out of his gaping mouth. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The school was near bursting point with laughter, horror, and curiosity. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The screen door banged behind them as they went in, and their laughter grew faint. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kelly started to giggle, and George joined her until the two of them curled into howling balls of laughter, occasionally shouting things like “I can’t perform under these conditions!” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

His disdain for them was met with laughter. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the woman cry out, and her laughter was echoed by a burst of laughter from within. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My voice strains to be louder than the laughter all around me, the laughter that oppresses me as much as the heat. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

An imperfect situation, Sarai recalled, but the fizz of laughter had gone flat. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They were laughter on hot city nights hot milk on cold city mornings, good food and good times fancy dancing and soul music. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dawes stood where her husband had left her, all laughter wiped from her face. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not imagine how he looked at that moment, but suddenly Theon Greyjoy realized that the Great Hall was ringing with laughter, all of it at him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Their laughter seemed sparse and strained compared to the great gales that had greeted Groat’s and Penny’s antics at Joffrey’s wedding feast, and some hissed at him in anger. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They let their anger grow so large it ate them up—even their voices and laughter. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd gave a burst of appreciative laughter. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys screamed with laughter, trying to chase each other down as they popped through holes in the body of the plane. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The tinkle of a spinet, low voices, laughter. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came to a halt beside the man with the knife, who was now cackling with laughter at the sight of Ogden on the ground. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There must be terror in my eyes because he starts to laugh, he roars with laughter. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody collapsed in laughter when they were safely back inside. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

His face wasn’t sunken and waxy, but handsome, full of laughter. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was around eight in the evening, I was coming down the main staircase, and heard a burst of laughter rising up the stairwell from the ground floor. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had his hand over his mouth to stifle his laughter. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Wild laughter issued from more than one building as I passed. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His shrieks mingled in the morning air with the laughter of camp followers and the curses of those who’d wagered good coin that the slinger would miss. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When Alexander understood that his Latin book was a primer, he straightaway pretended to be “Miss Lumawoo” teaching Latin to his siblings, and there was much laughter. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Her smiles, her laughter, her kisses, her jokes—those are all just for me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We both smack the sudden silence with laughter. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He had heard a hundred stories about Shorty’s feats, always told with admiration, much laughter, occasionally envy. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The metal beast let out another earsplitting shriek, followed by hollow, booming laughter. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Keisha’s laughter gets even louder just as my mother is looking across the restaurant, giving me “the look.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

They were all gathered around gaping, she could feel their eyes on her, and here and there she heard muttered comments and titters of laughter. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The girl squealed with laughter and turned red as her skirts swirled and lifted. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Harry looked more closely and let out a shout of laughter. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Rachel could tell the lamest jokes and boys fall about the place in laughter. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

A squeal of laughter and a murmur from the little crowd. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And the mass of students with their loud laughter seems rude after my Muslim friends’ kind smiles. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

That provoked more laughter from the bidders, and a scowl from the auctioneer, who was fingering his whip indecisively as he tried to puzzle out whether this would work to his benefit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But then I hiccup, and she starts hiccupping with laughter, and we're laughing when we break off our hug, though we're still holding hands. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He thought of Victoria's lips, and her grey eyes, and the sound of her laughter. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a lot of laughter at my place because Audrey’s telling the story of a friend of hers who’s been looking for a job in the city. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Now, at my workstation, I could hear the laughter and music. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

My feet stuttered; Scarlet’s high laughter pealed across the gym. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

That night, I dreamed that I was laughing, but it did not sound like my laughter, although I was not sure what my laughter sounded like. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

And the keys off to my right can become morning and sunshine and tinkling laughter. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The others roared with laughter as they headed above. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"Oh, you poor darling! It isn't a game, really you have no cause to worry, we're free. He's in Chicago, seeking his lost youth, no doubt," she said, bursting into laughter of self-surprise. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered the godswood, drooping branches heavy with moisture, and the sound of her brother's laughter as he chased her through piles of damp leaves. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

You can imagine yourself brilliant as your sister, slower moving, quiet and thoughtful as your older brother or filled up with the hiccupping joy and laughter of the baby in the family. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The suitors whooped and swung their arms, half dead with pangs of laughter. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stared at him in blank resentment for a moment and then tossed her head back and roared appreciatively with hearty laughter. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He sputtered, a sound that verged on laughter, and tipped his head back, gazing at the faded gray sky. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Easy laughter among the boys, but no reply. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite all the laughter, I could sense the underlying tensions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth twitched with laughter that he struggled to contain. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The rest of the room bursts into laughter. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She heard their laughter and glimpsed their hands, but never saw a face. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

When the fiddles warbled and the drums thumped, he grabbed Nan and paraded her around the dance stages until she was breathless with laughter. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

All the hustles and the talk and the suits and the laughter. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Ask Myrtle," said Tom, breaking into a short shout of laughter as Mrs. Wilson entered with a tray. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of snakes slithered right above me, hissing like laughter. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He expected her to rush out, all perfume, all laughter. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cowslip said nothing, but his eerie laughter continued. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spending time together around that newly decorated tree with its aroma of pine filled us with jokes and hugs and laughter. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The clink of glasses, the giggling of excited women, the laughter of men. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Cornflower and Friar Hugo exited leaning upon each other, their faces crimson with suppressed laughter. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

From her voice I could tell she was not smiling, even after all that laughter. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The haint’s cackling laughter echoed in my ears again, along with his warning. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I did not wait for his retort, hearing only the laughter that greeted his sally, but went out to speak to the drummer. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

To carry your laughter with me and march forward. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

They cracked up together, and their laughter ran up and down the stairs. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was so much noise and laughter that late at night I'd start talking to my cousins without even thinking. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He had roared with laughter and told me about the time he had run away from home. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew the scent she wore, I could guess her laughter and her smile. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I listened to the sounds around me—the rumble of ice from the drink machine, the ding of a cash register, the murmur of voices, and the occasional burst of laughter from nearby tables. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“And yet,” she paused, as if choosing her words, “it’s rather a pleasant feeling, too. As if laughter were running up and down inside me.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

"He hit me in the face with a yard of chitterlings!"—bending double, roaring, the whole room seeming to dance up and down with each rapid eruption of laughter. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary smiled at them all and said it was good luck to start life in a new home with laughter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, this form of high-pitched laughter is contagious, because Mai is now giggling. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The moment she had disappeared the Starling burst into a peal of rude laughter. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

But not for long, because Will turned to face the crowd, and stood cold-eyed, contained, and perfectly still, until the laughter stopped. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When I got to the bottom of the staircase, I heard laughter. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Finally, Rishi sank down on the floor, holding his stomach, alternating groans with laughter. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Why do you bother to do that?” said Barbara, in her soft, amused voice that seemed always to be full of laughter. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Her voice is just as matter of fact as ever, and my relief bubbles up in ill-advised laughter, which I swallow back down. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Now he lived in the big kraal with his new young wife, and Pitipiti heard much laughter coming from the new wife’s hut. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Ruth was smuggling her laughter behind her hands. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was rolling down a mighty corridor, a kilometer wide, full of glorious, golden light, roaring with laughter and shouting out confessions at the top of his voice. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She let her head tilt sideways, closed her eyes, and shook her massive trunk, letting the laughter fall like a wash of red leaves all around us. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even through the children’s laughter there’s this insidious silence that underscores everything; then again, maybe the silence was always there, and I’m only just noticing it now. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And from this freedom came laughter, roars of laughter. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The man’s laughter echoed in the darkness, shaking the ground until it seemed the whole cavern ceiling would collapse. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Liam stayed on the ground, his face flushed red, but his entire body shaking with laughter. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As I took off my blazer an earthquake of laughter rocked the Ritz Cafeteria. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But the cheers die I away into roars of laughter and she saw that they had only been making fun of her. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The music and laughter rise in the air. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He was greeted with affectionate laughter and applause, and was prodded to rise to his hind feet and give something like a bow to acknowledge his public. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The image of his dad trying to shove the tub of relaxer at me rises in my mind and the laughter just bubbles out of me. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The commander heard the sound of a roomful of laughter, and realized that Foaly had him on the speakers. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

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 walked through the living room and the dining room, then through the French doors, toward laughter coming from the side patio. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

This type of remark was invariably accompanied by nervous laughter, intended to convey the impression that although the idea had crossed their minds, it was not an idea a reasonable person would take seriously. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

My laughter was unreal after all, merely a gasp for air. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But his eyes were vastly amused, full of laughter. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Lord Asriel was a tall man with powerful shoulders, a fierce dark face, and eyes that seemed to flash and glitter with savage laughter. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I laughed, and my laughter seemed freakishly loud as it echoed across the deserted river. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

There it pooled, relaxed, cleansed itself, and bubbled into laughter at the sheer joy of having us in its midst. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The common room erupted in laughter, and the man with the yellow hair turned red. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The vintage, Victorian-style red-and-tan wallpaper, the smell of old book glue, the clink of glasses and hum of quiet conversations and occasional laughter...it was just quirky and different enough to be worthy of Dimple. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But even as the laughter comes out, even as I’m sitting here with my family, with the people I love so much, I feel weird. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dussel calmly observed the scene, his hands on his hips, while the rest of the audience roared with laughter. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

In a playful manner, the way grandmothers do with babies, he was sucking the fingers of one of the women, whose laughter filled a tiny place over, his head. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guests move in flocks of color from the ballroom through the halls and the library, a constantly shifting rainbow punctuated with laughter and chatter. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Despite the landlord's protests, this caused loud laughter all round. is that indeed so?' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

On the familiar leafy path down to the water’s edge, it was easy to imagine Peris stealing silently behind her, stifling laughter, ready for a night of spying on the new pretties. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“My mockery offends you? My people would welcome your laughter in place of this barbarity.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Gogol gets up, shuts the door to his room, muffling the noise of the party that swells below him, the laughter of the children playing down the hall. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A burst of laughter enters from somewhere to the right and above. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Blessings, lemonade and milk, and laughter surrounded us in a joyful bubble. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He’s leafing through a newspaper and only looks up when there’s a raucous burst of laughter. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while, when the old people looked up from their checkers game, they thought they could hear faint peals of laughter. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I ever stopped laughing, and in the mix of my laughter and the music I was sure I heard the whinnies of the horses, joyful to be moving again. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Otto loved the noise, smiling and making the raspy noise I was coming to recognize as laughter. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

His laughter startled a flight of crows from the tall brown grass. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

At all costs, stifle my natural hideous laughter. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

But they spoke in low tones, most of which Ugwu did not hear; once in a while he heard her giggly laughter. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A faint undercurrent of laughter fills the car. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Chloe had to drive her fingernails into my thigh to stop me from snorting out loud with laughter. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Larisa jumped up onto the podium to join us, and the three of us, realizing just how crazy the episode must have looked, burst out in laughter. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I don’t — the sound of “A Love Supreme” and loud laughter drowning it out. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

A sense of jittery anticipation had filled the warm tent, the general murmuring broken by occasional spurts of excited laughter. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

On this the other women joined, and such a mirthless, hard, soulless laughter rang through the room that it almost made me faint to hear; it seemed like the pleasure of fiends. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“So you have come, Gandalf,” he said to me gravely; but in his eyes there seemed to be a white light, as if a cold laughter was in his heart. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then he wiped a laughter tear off his cheek and said: “You know what I thought about, though?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as the door closed behind her, the laughter and whispers started. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Through the window, the bride and groom on the wedding cake point at me and laugh—the air becomes charged with laughter until I can’t stand it—and the two cupids wave their flaming arrows. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

They walked together in silence down the corridor, and when it opened into the great hall filled with revelers and laughter and light, the palace doors yawning open at the far end, the huntress stopped. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mood was jittery, and their laughter had the frantic serration that came with near disaster. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The people in the boat roared with laughter and turned away. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

M: *laughter, more frantic and fake* No, obviously not. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He bursts into laughter at his joke, and Molly and Drew join in. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

More laughter. ... but I think he’s a prince. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a useful thing to have in the house in case of fire or thieves,” observed Laurie, as a watchman’s rattle appeared, amid the laughter of the girls. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mocking laughter follows me as I leave the building, hurrying after the sheriff and Katherine. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And with that Mr. Wigg began to bob up and down, shaking with laughter at the thought of his own cheerfulness. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

So, with the emperor’s laughter still echoing across the courtyard, Pinmei grabbed the needle and yanked the Iron Rod off the Black Tortoise of Winter. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Her laughter drew more wolves to her, and she killed them too, wondering if she should start a count of her own. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She heard that whispering laughter again, as if the presence had followed her from the ship. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Our subsequent lunch at the Eagle, the pub at which he usually ate, was restrained and unpunctuated by the usual laughter. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Of the noises loose in the room, of the screams, of the words, Bull’s laughter was the most ominous. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The line to our right is full of laughter, selfies, texting. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Behind us came the sound of screams, laughter; ahead the footfalls of the running boys, distant fire trucks, shooting, and in the quiet intervals, the steady filtering of shattered glass. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone shrieks with laughter, and someone else yells, “QUIET!” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

What price could anyone set for the joy and laughter and peace of mind I had given up? Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a party across the lawn, and laughter and music floated through the night air. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But Dicey also remembered Sammy’s merry eyes, and his mouth with only ten teeth, opened wide in the kind of laughter that took over his whole body and made him stumble and fall down laughing. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a roar of laughter; the boggart paused, confused, and Professor Lupin shouted, “Parvati! Forward!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

As everyone bursts into another storm of laughter, I grab my phone and text Hideo. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Moss went into a storm of laughter and left the room. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

One mysterious phrase called out by an older boy could rout the whole group in shrieks and laughter. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the crowd followed them out, still shouting with laughter. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roars of rough laughter rang out again between the short bursts. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He had difficulty in keeping from laughter at the indignant surprise of the guests. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her sharp claws found flesh because the evil laughter of the coyotes changed to cries of pain. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bailey,” Brother Leon said, turning his full attention to the boy again as the laughter subsided. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard it, too—a man’s laughter, coming from inside the ticket office. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

There was laughter from the soldiers on foot and raised voices at the roadside. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

And hundreds of Cloud-Men’s children were frisking about all over the place and shrieking with laughter and sliding down the billows of the cloud on toboggans. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her father joined the American lady's phony laughter, then stopped abruptly when he noticed Sandi's eyes on him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

There was little speech and no laughter in any of the boats. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I comb through them again, staring at my sisters' faces, missing the sound of their laughter and the noise of their company. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The howls and screams and laughter diminished in volume and frequency. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He put his forehead on the table and shook with muted laughter. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I hear distant laughter, but here in the hall, we are alone. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The final thud was followed by the truck- horn blast of Piper’s laughter. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear laughter coming from the first floor. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I never knew laughter could sound so different and feel so different depending on who’s doing the laughing. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Instead of quelling the laughter of the two men who sat with him, it merely increased it. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scream at the mangled leather carcass lying at the foot of the stairs, and my parents would roar with laughter. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I don't respond because I'm too busy crying into the darkness, away from the fire and laughter. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“May God go with you, too, my would-be daughter, and may you soon have cause again for laughter,” murmured Gertrude, while her tears fell upon my head. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

A little laughter, a little flurry of chat, a pause, a glance round the room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Tidbit’s constant laughter made the long workdays seem a bit easier. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both of them threw back their heads and howled with laughter. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Shrieks of laughter came out between the horn blasts as the car circled our house three times. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Now and then, I'd get lucky and catch a handful, and the women would reward my efforts with laughter and applause. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He drank too much of Aegir’s ale, drank himself beyond joy and laughter and trickery and into a brooding darkness. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

At night, after dinner, Sunny and I drown out the laughter, soft talking, and long silences coming from behind their closed bedroom door by turning up the television. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She steers him into the booth and Alex’s side, and he pulls her in after him, and the six of them fall together in a tangle of hoarse laughter and expensive shoes. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The class erupted in laughter and Armpit realized that he probably shouldn’t have called it a stupid assignment in front of Coach Simmons. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

And laughter, a high-pitched laugh that blends harmoniously with the music. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

All at once, like a clap of thunder, the tension of the room broke into laughter that shook the timbers and rattled the windows. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He was not comfortable with all the laughter that followed his declaration. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He stopped maybe an inch away, and as I jumped reflexively backward, the two of them dissolved into laughter and strolled off down the gallery. 102.10,1 thought, threats to an officer. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are tears on good days and bad, kicked over clay pots, more times than Axel can count, and loud, loud laughter. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

P.K. turned around and smiled, proud that he had asked a question that aroused laughter from his peers behind him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We drive past a park, nestled right among the tall buildings, and I can hear laughter as the youngsters run and jump and play. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And my laughter was the only sound in the gym. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

At times, our stories halted all laughter as we noticed someone’s eyes filled with tears. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of laughter comes from the other room, and he wipes his eyes. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

A scant few moments later, the red-faced lord shoved the table over in fury, scattering the pieces across the carpets to the sound of Yunkish laughter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen’s voice drifted from the kitchen window, followed by May’s laughter. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A kind of city-street music where laughter belies anxiety, and joy is as short and straight as the blade of a pocketknife. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Familiar hyena-like laughter reaches us from the bank of printers and photocopiers along the half wall separating the checkout area and the book stacks. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, Fatty,” echoed Ike’s dark-featured friend, his lips curved with laughter. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

But his arms simply grabbed her as if scooping up a mound of snow, and his cruel laughter boomed in her ears. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

A peal of laughter came from one of the study rooms. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

As up and down as I sometimes felt, that first year of campaigning was filled primarily with warm memories and bursts of laughter. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The group in front of him shifted and laughter shivered outwards from among them, light, excited laughter that went echoing among the tall rocks. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

My laughter subsides, and I hear her soft voice over and over in my head until I just sit there with satisfaction wrapping around me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Their laughter intertwined but when they looked at each other, they could see the tears forming were not from joy. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The boy would trot home slowly and there would be more easy laughter. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They still played cards like they always did, but there was less laughter among them. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Laughter comes later, like wisdom teeth, and laughter at yourself comes last of all in a mad race with death, and sometimes it isn’t in time.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z