How do you use the word "laughter" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "laughter": We roared with laughter. All at once the bride burst into laughter.

Laughter Meaning

/ˈlɑːftə/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound.

nounA movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the laughing face, particularly of the lips, and of the whole body, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs.

Sentence Examples

We roared with laughter.

All at once the bride burst into laughter.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

laugh

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The room filled with ____ as the comedian told a hilarious story.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The sound of joyful ____ could be heard coming from the children's playroom throughout the entire afternoon.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English laughter, laghter, laȝter, from Old English hleahtor (“laughter, jubilation, derision”), from Proto-Germanic *hlahtraz (“laughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *klek-, *kleg- (“to shout”). Cognate with German Gelächter (“laughter, hilarity, merriment”), Danish and Norwegian latter (“laughter”), Icelandic hlátur (“laughter”). More at laugh.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town." — 1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:

"The act of laughter, which is caused by a sweet contraction of the muscles of the face, and a pleasant agitation of the vocal organs, is not merely, or totally within the jurisdiction of ourselves." — 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC:

"Archly the maiden smiled, and with eyes overrunning with laughter." — 1858 October 16, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Courtship of Miles Standish”, in The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC:

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