Sentence examples for actually laughing at from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "actually laughing at" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone is genuinely amused or finds something humorous, often in a context where there may be doubt about the sincerity of the laughter.
Example: "Despite the serious tone of the meeting, I could see that she was actually laughing at the absurdity of the situation."
Alternatives: "truly laughing at" or "genuinely laughing at".

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Documentaries now will paint us as a people too gauche even to realise that we were growing fat and stupid on cliches, forgetting of course that we were actually laughing at this stuff as we ate it.

"We are actually laughing at people's perceptions of disabilities".

Curb Your Enthusiasm is rightly accorded much respect; but you could go several minutes without actually laughing at it.

In a standalone series, however, Jonah from Tonga forces us to consider what the audience is actually laughing at.

The audience laughed, and his face turned scarlet, as if this crowd, which loved him, was actually laughing at his death.

"I think that some people didn't know what to do, and so they giggled," he admitted finally — though he was also adamant that a few of the kids were actually laughing at him.

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Steve Ballmer actually laughed at the iPhone.

"They actually laughed at me," he said.

A BBC interviewing panel actually laughed at him.

The home crowd actually laughed at the replays on the big screen.

"They actually laughed at me," Martin said of his practice attempts as a passer.

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