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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a sort of laugh" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a type of laugh that is not quite a full laugh, perhaps indicating amusement or irony.
Example: "She gave a sort of laugh that suggested she found the situation amusing but not entirely funny."
Alternatives: "a kind of laugh" or "a type of laugh".
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(Ms. Hewitt's flat-footed stomp and gliding hips seem propelled by two separate operating systems. You wonder if she's wearing a feminine version of "The Tuxedo".) A sort of laugh comes from watching Mr. Chan and Ms. Hewitt, with their ridiculous caches of self-assurance, play nerds; their presences enter a room before they do.
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He gave a sort of half laugh, and said, "You mean" — and then pantomimed a checked swing of the bat.
He gave a sort of half laugh, and said, "You mean"—and then pantomimed a checked swing of the bat.
In 2001, for example, psychologists Jeffrey Burgdorf and Jaak Panskepp discovered that laboratory rats enjoyed being tickled, emitting a sort of chirpy laugh outside the range of human hearing.
At the point where he said it would be a "tragedy" if the BBC stopped in-house production, Humphrys offered a sort of snort-laugh.
And, no sooner does he take the stage than he discovers -- he says as much afterwards to the two presidents who come backstage to greet him (pictured) -- an altered audience that laughs a new sort of laugh and reacts differently to the sallies of a monologue written and delivered to awaken a Europe that has gone off the rails.
"We all sort of laughed nervously," Mr. Pandiscio recalled.
"You Can't Do That on Television," a sort of junior version of "Laugh-In," had its premiere in 1979 on the Ottawa station CJOH-TV.
The girl looked at the boy and laughed an outright adult sort of laugh and then pulled the collar of her T-shirt up over her mouth like a veil.
"A robot is not just a developed vibrator," she laughs, the sort of laugh that does not necessarily follow a joke.
Like the bore who informs you that he's going to tell you a funny story, it heightens anxiety by providing you with a sort of moral obligation to laugh.
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