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
  • She’s so revered that just her presence draws chants and belly laughs from the audience.
    — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • The jokes come fast and furious, and the identical-twin running gag never fails to draw belly laughs.
    — Barry Levitt, Vulture, 20 June 2024
  • 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
  • Just try your best to separate big belly laughs from bites of food, and save the call to mom for when you’re entirely finished eating.
    — Julia Sullivan, SELF, 9 July 2024
  • 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
  • Every embrace at a funeral, belly laugh on Thanksgiving Eve, hand on my waist and kiss on the cheek.
    — Clare French, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • The rapidity with which her end nears is approached with big feelings, but also lots of belly laughs through a score packed with wit and wisdom.
    — David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024

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