How to Use laugh off in a Sentence

laugh off

verb
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  • Princess Isabella and Queen Mary laughed off the mishap.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Lewontin can laugh off the idea of a Jewish gene, but this isn't 1972 anymore.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2012
  • While seemingly stunned at first, O'Leary took the stunt in stride and laughed off the incident.
    — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Brady seems pretty aware of this, and laughed off the awkward expression with a joke in a quote-tweet.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Her daughter could be heard laughing off camera in the clip.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Other teammates laugh off the notion of a perfect pass to Ovechkin.
    — Stephen Whyno, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Both Cutler, 37, and Lahren, 28, seemed to laugh off the rumors on social media.
    — Adam Carlson, PEOPLE.com, 4 Sep. 2020
  • The duo appear to laugh off the intimate moment in the final picture.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Like Justin, Alyssa laughed off the unprovoked question.
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The pair laughed off any suggestion of impropriety when Leviss was found to have stayed over while Madix was out of town.
    — Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2023
  • Try to spend quality time with your true support system and laugh off your troubles over a group meal.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2023
  • When asked about his casting, Torstensson laughs off the description.
    — Ian Malone, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Betts laughed off the large banner that was directed his way by Padres fans Saturday night.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2023
  • The creator hopped into the comments to laugh off suggestions that threats of not leaving the house might work to encourage her daughter to clean her own room.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 15 June 2023
  • Most producers of top-quality films will simply laugh off that top-line requirement and try to hit two of the other three.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Even so, the tight end laughed off a question about the biggest celebrity in his phone and revealed which person — besides his superstar girlfriend — fits the bill.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Reid later laughed off the heated moment during a post-game interview with CBS with his wife Tammy.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Paul Maurice tried to laugh off the latest accomplishment of his lengthy NHL coaching career.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Bruce Springsteen laughed off an onstage fall over the weekend in Amsterdam.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
  • Grizzlies suspend Ja Morant at least two game after flashing gun on Instagram Green laughed off the comments.
    — Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Asked if North Korea’s actions would affect diplomacy, Biden appeared to laugh off the question.
    — Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Some Freedom Caucus members laugh off such assertions as naive.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The ceremony on the Alabama quad had a few other hiccups that Anderson and Battle laughed off.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Sam Asghari appeared to laugh off chatter about not wearing his wedding ring via social media on Thursday.
    — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 31 Mar. 2023
  • In a video of the moment posted on Twitter by Variety, the 19-year-old appeared to laugh off the incident before the trophy appeared to be put back together for more photos.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Common being able to laugh off the slight is either a sign of maturity or a level of sorrow repression only achieved by skilled actors.
    — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith laughed off a recent rumor about his sexuality.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
  • And while a billionaire may be able to laugh off the losses, for the average individual, one wrong bet could have far more punishing consequences.
    — Akane Otani, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2021
  • The trio laughed off the joke, ultimately opening up the conversation about how the Glee cast would use humor to deal with the pain of losing Monteith, who was found dead in 2013 as a result of a mixture of heroin and alcohol.
    — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 21 July 2023
  • Analysts used to laugh off Iranian missiles as cheap knockoffs of Soviet or North Korean weapons, but no longer.
    — Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2022

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