How to Use laugh off in a Sentence

laugh off

verb

• Singer Nelly Furtado was able to laugh off her onstage fall at Coachella this weekend despite suffering a bloody thumb in the accident.
  — Evan Rosen, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2024
• Princess Isabella and Queen Mary laughed off the mishap.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
• Lewontin can laugh off the idea of a Jewish gene, but this isn't 1972 anymore.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2012
• While seemingly stunned at first, O'Leary took the stunt in stride and laughed off the incident.
  — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2023
• Brady seems pretty aware of this, and laughed off the awkward expression with a joke in a quote-tweet.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 13 Aug. 2023
• Her daughter could be heard laughing off camera in the clip.
  — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2023
• Other teammates laugh off the notion of a perfect pass to Ovechkin.
  — Stephen Whyno, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2023
• Both Cutler, 37, and Lahren, 28, seemed to laugh off the rumors on social media.
  — Adam Carlson, PEOPLE.com, 4 Sep. 2020
• The duo appear to laugh off the intimate moment in the final picture.
  — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2023
• Like Justin, Alyssa laughed off the unprovoked question.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
• The pair laughed off any suggestion of impropriety when Leviss was found to have stayed over while Madix was out of town.
  — Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2023
• But Venus in Gemini will laugh off the drama and move forward quickly.
  — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 27 May 2024
• Try to spend quality time with your true support system and laugh off your troubles over a group meal.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2023
• When asked about his casting, Torstensson laughs off the description.
  — Ian Malone, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2023
• Betts laughed off the large banner that was directed his way by Padres fans Saturday night.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2023
• The creator hopped into the comments to laugh off suggestions that threats of not leaving the house might work to encourage her daughter to clean her own room.
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 15 June 2023
• Most producers of top-quality films will simply laugh off that top-line requirement and try to hit two of the other three.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 9 Sep. 2020
• Even so, the tight end laughed off a question about the biggest celebrity in his phone and revealed which person — besides his superstar girlfriend — fits the bill.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 9 Jan. 2024
• Shania Twain is still laughing off her microphone mix-up.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 3 June 2024
• Reid later laughed off the heated moment during a post-game interview with CBS with his wife Tammy.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
• In the first episode, Carmichael confessed to having a crush on his longtime friend, Tyler, the Creator (who later laughed off his confession and declined his invite to the 2022 Emmys).
  — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2024
• Paul Maurice tried to laugh off the latest accomplishment of his lengthy NHL coaching career.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2024
• Bruce Springsteen laughed off an onstage fall over the weekend in Amsterdam.
  — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
• In a joke, Gill later appeared on the stream with his right arm in a sling and a bandage wrapped around his head, laughing off the misfortune and downing a beer to celebrate his birthday.
  — Jasmine Ball, Fortune, 14 June 2024
• Grizzlies suspend Ja Morant at least two game after flashing gun on Instagram Green laughed off the comments.
  — Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2023
• Asked if North Korea’s actions would affect diplomacy, Biden appeared to laugh off the question.
  — Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 25 Mar. 2021
• The GOP-leaning hip-hop icon, 48, laughed off the controversy over Boebert getting handsy with a date — as well as his followers’ lewd suggestions that the pair were an item.
  — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 6 June 2024
• In fact, market veterans who CNN spoke to laughed off the former president’s warning of the biggest-ever market crash.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 27 Feb. 2024
• In Iran, state TV apparently laughed off the attack, and social media posted mocking memes.
  — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 19 Apr. 2024
• Some Freedom Caucus members laugh off such assertions as naive.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 30 Sep 2024