contain laughter
Frequency: 6.59.6 per million words
to succeed in not laughing
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Examples (10)
- Will was no longer able to contain his laughter.
- She struggled to contain her laughter during the solemn ceremony.
- The comedian's joke made it hard for the audience to contain their laughter.
- He tried to contain his laughter when his boss made a silly mistake.
- It was a serious situation, but I couldn't contain my laughter completely.
- Despite the awkward silence, she managed to contain her laughter.
- The children found it impossible to contain their laughter after seeing the clown.
- I had to bite my lip to contain my laughter in the quiet library.
- She almost failed to contain her laughter during the formal presentation.
- The teacher had to scold the student who couldn't contain his laughter.