Sentence examples for laugh to avoid from inspiring English sources

She began playing chess in grade school, she said with a laugh, to avoid having to baby-sit for her younger brother after basketball season was over.

We laugh to avoid screaming.

What I learnt was how to use words rather than physical conflict; to either put up a good argument or make people laugh to avoid getting hurt!

Just like when you're in class and your friend tells you a funny joke, to avoid from laughing and getting called on by the teacher, you quickly switch to reading your book, or looking out the window to refocus your mind on something else.

I constantly found myself laughing, then feeling guilty for laughing, then giving into the absurdity of the world we live in and laughing again laughing to avoid just giving up and moving to a cabin off the grid, away from the hellscape we call society.

She squealed and laughed, spinning to avoid the ice.

I laugh with people to avoid thinking, or take a hoe to clean the farm.

As Mr. Rock's film looks for easy laughs while trying to avoid them at the same time, its "timidity, combined with haphazard plotting and uninspired direction, just makes a mess of Mays's character" (A.O. Scott).

Haven't you ever laughed at yourself to avoid breaking down in tears?

Student 8: I think it's a fear of failure or being laughed at, so to avoid that they don't do anything that could expose themselves to criticism.

If you feel the urge to laugh at someone who is trying to be serious with you, use any or all of the techniques above to avoid laughing.