How to Use belly laugh in a Sentence

belly laugh

noun
  • The show provided lots of belly laughs.
  • He has an infectious belly laugh.
  • And your belly laughs might just be the best thing in the universe.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Shake off the winter blues with a belly laugh thanks to these corny spring jokes.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Nothing gives your skin a nice glow like a good belly laugh.
    Anneke Knot, Health.com, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The Irish have a way of combining high-brow ideas with belly laughs.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Michelle and Richard Lam recalled their dad's goofy jokes and big belly laughs.
    Alyson Ward, Houston Chronicle, 28 Jan. 2018
  • There is science behind that -- and why a belly laugh is good for you.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 3 July 2021
  • The love of family time and adventure and belly laughs made this trip one for the books!
    Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024
  • When Santa, ringing his bell and laughing his belly laugh, came down the aisle of the train, though, my kid lost it.
    Allison Hope, CNN, 15 Dec. 2020
  • As Christmas carols play in the background and the tips roll in, Santa thanks the senders with a jolly belly laugh.
    Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Like, your belly laugh, or biting your cheeks to keep from laughing.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
  • Cindy was quiet and soft spoken while Kyu was loud and quick to unleash deep belly laughs.
    Claire Ballor, Dallas News, 14 May 2023
  • Each one of us would be responsible for one big belly laugh a day.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2023
  • On the whole, however, the humor is more bemused smirk than belly laugh.
    Katie Rife, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Moments of belly laughs, hugs, happy dance moves, kind words, hope, and sharing dreams.
    Katherine J Igoe, Marie Claire, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Sei punktlich!), is the point where analysis fails and a belly laugh begins.
    Morgan Enos, Billboard, 16 May 2018
  • When asked about that performance, Goosby let out a belly laugh.
    Elizabeth Nonemaker, baltimoresun.com, 23 Sep. 2021
  • There, the two reconnect multiple times over the years in one of the most beloved, belly laugh-inducing love stories to date.
    Angela Andaloro, EW.com, 23 June 2022
  • Old reruns of The Office or Seinfeld will surely give you a good ole belly laugh.
    Maria Minor, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
  • In one video included in the carousel, Honey shares a big belly laugh with her dad in a sweet father-daughter moment.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The author and mother to daughters Elliott, 19, and Harper, 16, chooses gifts to help Mom kick back or belly laugh!
    Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Searching for a climactic cliff-hanger, the writers lean more toward blood and guts at the expense of belly laughs.
    David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2018
  • There’s no plate Emma won’t lick clean, and her little belly laugh is contagious.
    Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 3 June 2023
  • There are chuckles here and there, but a striking absence of belly laughs; Girls Trip it’s decidedly not.
    Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2018
  • There is a good deal of what one expects from Maupin, wit and heartache rolled up into a tidy package, so that any anecdote can bring an ache of longing and a belly laugh all in the same paragraph.
    Jim Grimsley, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2017
  • But just as many viewers sat silently, seemingly unsure of whether the correct response was a belly laugh or an eye roll.
    Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 13 June 2019
  • An actor who can provoke belly laughs with grunts clearly is gifted.
    Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2019
  • His mouth curls into a wide smile before devolving into a deep belly laugh.
    Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2019
  • In the office, the manager of the Solutions team, a hirsute man with a belly laugh, presented me with a series of questions and puzzles.
    Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2019

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