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• To get a laugh out of her is one of the great joys in life.
  — Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 6 June 2023
• To get a laugh out of her is one of the great joys in life.
  — Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 6 June 2023
• This easy-care shirt is sure to get a laugh from Gramps.
  — Christina Vercelletto, CNN Underscored, 13 June 2020
• This reindeer poop idea is sure to get a laugh out of the kids!
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 11 Nov. 2022
• These are sure to get a laugh and be a great conversation piece!
  — Amanda McElfresh, NOLA.com, 26 Nov. 2020
• Again, anything to kind of get a laugh, keep this thing as loose and start to come together.
  — cleveland, 11 June 2020
• Her main nemesis was Groucho, who would stop at nothing to get a laugh at her expense.
  — Jeanine Basinger, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022
• Nearly everyone in the cast is trying to get a laugh at one point or another, and the success rate is high.
  — Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
• Karaoke kings and queens (and TikTok teens) will get a laugh out of this teeny-tiny mic that plugs directly into their aux.
  — Cassidy Olsen, Good Housekeeping, 5 Aug. 2022
• Warm mom’s heart with these inspirational Mother’s Day quotes —plus some funny words that will be sure to get a laugh.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2023
• Perfect for theme parties (on Zoom, of course) and gag gifts, ugly Christmas sweaters are one of best ways to get a laugh and spark some holiday joy.
  — Courtney Thompson, CNN Underscored, 9 Dec. 2020
• While this novelty Christmas song is sure to get a laugh, it's become so popular that both a film and a Grey's Anatomy episode bear the same name.
  — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 7 Nov. 2022
• Will sometimes surprise his scene partners by selling them out and negating their choices to get a laugh.
  — Fu Goto, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2023
• At this point, Brett Goldstein can get a laugh — and convey Roy’s mood — with a subtle shift of his eyebrows or by altering the rasp of his voice a little.
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 July 2021
• Those men who are (still) obsessed with Doctor Who are bound to get a laugh out of filling in the pages, which feature content that any devoted fan will love.
  — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 15 Dec. 2022
• But comedians always get a laugh at the mere mention of bananas, chickens, hot dogs, beans, bagels, and, of course, meatballs.
  — John Mariani, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• Two of crime fiction’s most famous storytellers, Raymond Chandler and Agatha Christie, also knew how to get a laugh.
  — Hillel Italie, chicagotribune.com, 5 Oct. 2020
• Also, the outlier saying $800k is the average, obviously was fooling around to get a laugh and rile up the class.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2022
• This funny candle may reflect certain moments (hopefully not too many) and get a laugh.
  — Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
• This funny candle may reflect certain moments (hopefully not too many) and get a laugh.
  — Samantha Booth, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2023
• Campbell posted the progression of the evolving exhibit on Facebook on Dec. 2, as well as an outline of the sequence of events, thinking others might get a laugh.
  — Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2020
• Vaughn wants audiences to suspect the artifice and get a laugh out of the clunky clichés being served up and subverted, while innocuously planting seeds that will pay off later in the movie.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
• One thing Jordan understands unequivocally is how to get a laugh.
  — ELLE, 6 Feb. 2023
• Later in the interview, Evans admitted that his concerns may stem from the star previously feeling self-conscious about his ability to get a laugh.
  — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2023
• That line is obviously designed to get a laugh — who is a better representation of Jewish womanhood than Barbra Streisand?
  — Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 6 Aug. 2020
• Similarly, Ladybug is constantly quoting trite self-help aphorisms, which invariably get a laugh.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Aug. 2022
• For example, public speakers and comedians try to get a laugh to make audiences feel psychologically closer to them, to create intimacy.
  — Janet M. Gibson, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024