laugh coldly
Frequency: 6.20.6 per million words
To laugh in a way that shows scorn or lack of genuine amusement.
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Examples (10)
- The villain laughed coldly at the hero's failed attempt.
- "You think you can defeat me?" she asked, then laughed coldly.
- He was laughing coldly as he revealed his true intentions.
- Coldly, he laughed, a sound devoid of any real joy.
- Whenever she heard a compliment she didn't believe, she would simply laugh coldly.
- The manager laughed coldly upon hearing the employee's unreasonable request for a raise.
- He has laughed coldly at every one of my suggestions so far.
- If you tell him that plan, I guarantee he will just laugh coldly in your face.
- His way of laughing coldly sent a shiver down everyone's spine.
- A bitter sound escaped him, and he laughed coldly, his eyes never leaving mine.