Sentence examples for scattered laughter from inspiring English sources

There was scattered laughter and some jeering during the education secretary's speech.

There was scattered laughter and some jeering heard during parts of the education secretary's address, although the few hecklers were shushed by audience members around them.

To scattered laughter, Williams said that frustration could often lead to anger and that anger "in well brought-up Anglicans" could often be internalised as depression.

At that point, Trump said somewhat resignedly "we need this question" to scattered laughter at the audience.

Anyway, it's full of spoken-word passages, ghostly piano tinkles and a bit of scattered laughter – and it rolls on for a good 11 minutes, too.

I'm used to people saying something that's not always true, but just keep on repeating it and ultimately hoping I'll believe it -- (scattered laughter) -- but that -- that is not the case, all right?

"This year, things are going to be a little different at the Oscars: In the 'In Memoriam' package, it's just going to be black people that were shot by cops on their way to the movies," he cracked to scattered, uncomfortable laughter.

The congregation burst out in laughter and scattered applause.

The rebuke drew suppressed laughter and scattered applause -- not for the president's joke, likely, but for the success of their anti-reform narrative.

Enright buried his head in his arms, silently convulsing with laughter, but otherwise the act met with scattered, uncomfortable tittering.

To compound the problem, the two hundred and fifty or so attendees were somewhat scattered within the immensity of the ballroom, making the contagion of any laughter hard to spread.