Sentence examples for for laughable from inspiring English sources

The system rewards people who demand money from corporations even for laughable reasons and gives people like Rendell a way to destroy entire industries.

They'll wade into mayhem, trade family Christmases for canned stew in a ditch, and work for laughable pay -- but only if they believe in what they're doing.

"It's kind of laughable for them to think that removing nipples from their images of their sheer lingerie is the best way to do this considering their questionable ad choices in recent years.

A telephone bidder carried off the gem for a laughable £2,500 after battling against the reserve price.

"Maybe the smaller English ovals account for the laughable amount of no-balls by the tourists," says Neil Mckie.

In the afternoon, a lovely landscape done by Jan Asselijn in the 1640s, signed with the painter's monogram, could be had for a laughable $25,000.

That day, a pure masterpiece of Northern Song pottery, a white-glazed small jar, could be had for a laughable £1,645.

Ironically, the greatest masterpiece in the sale, Pissarro's wonderful "Bords de l'Oise à Auvers-sur-Oise," which was painted in 1878 during the heyday of Impressionism, sold for a laughable £802,850, missing the low estimate.

"It's tempting to see him for the laughable idiot he is but sadly there are many other idiots who will be inspired and encourage by his naive, juvenile bigotry.

In that phase, the game is just clever enough and pretty enough that you could almost take it seriously, were it not for the laughable score, which is always there to remind you that you are still in a sorry little game.

David Ljunggren: I think the English language needs a new and exciting word for "utterly laughable" to describe Ospina's ball handling skills.