Where other pavilions were shrouded in solemn quiet, this one had a constant undercurrent of soft laughter, whispered conversations.
Angelou's sister-in-law is "a small, smiling brown-skinned girl who had been our classmate," and whose "happy love and soft laughter had come just in time".
After a while their soft laughter blends in with the sounds of city around them.
In my take on that myth, Eurydice is far from sure that she ever wanted to return to life: Suppose he'd brought me out; imagine that – / the blaze of noon, unbearable, the wind / sour in my nostrils, grass like flint underfoot, / his spittle stinging my lip, / a tangle of voices, urgent, meaningless, / my true language the soft / hints and gentle laughter of the dead.
His voice was soft, but his laughter tore from his chest, an operatic boom.
AGAINST a backdrop of squat row houses and tall industrial buildings on a dim corner in Baltimore, laughter, soft music and the intoxicating smell of oven-roasted burgers drift out to the sidewalk.
Mixed in with the rustle of the leaves and the sound of plashing water was Fiona's soft talk and her laughter.
He was tall, with a rugged handsomeness, and his soft Wiltshire burr and ready laughter belied his steely determination.
I might say something in the exact tone of voice in which Paula would say it, a slightly lower, softer pitch, or her edgy laughter would tumble out of my mouth.
Ms. Ricci, petite and lovely, with the doe eyes of a Japanese anime character, infuses her performance with a soft radiance that helps temper the laughter that greets Mandy's more ostentatiously dopey remarks.
Lots of wood and no soft furnishings - this creates the perfect acoustics for laughter and clapping.
