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Laughingstock is an English word with synonyms like butt or goat. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Laughingstock in a sentence

Laughingstock meaning

Alternative spelling of laughing stock.

Synonyms of Laughingstock

butt goat stooge victim dupe

Related words

Other words often associated with Laughingstock or its synonyms:

mortal individual somebody person soul someone nates slang follower flunky behave part

Using Laughingstock

  • The main meaning on this page is: Alternative spelling of laughing stock.
  • Useful related words include: butt, goat, stooge, victim.
  • In the example corpus, laughingstock often appears in combinations such as: laughingstock of, laughingstock to, the laughingstock.

Context around Laughingstock

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

league 1× season 1× florida 1× irrelevant 1×

Often after:

wanna 1× androidwear 1× attempting 1×

Sentence patterns with Laughingstock

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

an irrelevant laughingstock attempting to 1× became a laughingstock at the 1× boy the laughingstock of the 1× calls florida laughingstock of the 1× early season laughingstock under the 1× earth s laughingstock 1× from league laughingstock to playoff 1× gone from laughingstock to one 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and man shall 1× angry judge calls 1× i became a 1× i wonder how 1× it s hard 1× its quest for 1×

Common sentence endings:

a few months 1× coach bruce arena 1× complete english sentences 1× earth s laughingstock 1× his department now 1× of a laughingstock 1×

Words around Laughingstock

Just before it in the word index:

laughingly 7 laughing 998 laugher 12 laughed 673 laughead 5 laugharne 5

Just after it in the word index:

laughlan 2 laughlen 2 laughlin 66 laughman 2 laughner 2 laughs 671

Similar in corpus frequency:

aav 22 abdicating 22 abductor 22 abh 22 abhorred 22 abidal 22

Corpus analysis for Laughingstock

  • In this selection, "laughingstock" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, league, season, florida, wanna, androidwear and attempting stand out and add context to how "laughingstock" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include an irrelevant laughingstock attempting to and became a laughingstock at the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "laughingstock" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with laughingstock

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

I became a laughingstock at the time. (7 words)

And man shall be that to overman: a laughingstock or painful embarrassment. (12 words)

I wonder how much of a laughingstock that idiot is in his department now. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

Its quest for a third — and M.L.S.’s first repeat championship since the Galaxy in 2011 and 2012 — begins Saturday against visiting New England, the early season laughingstock under the veteran coach Bruce Arena. (36 words)

Latifi faces a similar uphill climb as he graduates from test and reserve driver to a racing seat at Williams, the former F1 powerhouse that has become something of a laughingstock. (31 words)

P.S. I've been holding Joe Biden's feet to the fire since he was a laughingstock wanna-be demagogue senator who still spoke in complete English sentences. (29 words)

Exclamation examples

Let’s fuel more fodder to continue as the butt of jokes for most other countries’ that view the leadership of the USA as Earth’s laughingstock! (27 words)

Example sentences (17)

The Orioles have gone from laughingstock to one of the game’s best teams since hiring Brandon Hyde as manager to guide a well-executed rebuild.

This made the Slytherin boy the laughingstock of the school for the very first time.

But if I could, he would be it for making a laughingstock of my team while he was the HC.

P.S. I've been holding Joe Biden's feet to the fire since he was a laughingstock wanna-be demagogue senator who still spoke in complete English sentences.

They went from league laughingstock to playoff contender in the course of a few months.

Both of these are an upgrade over Google’s laughingstock AndroidWear software and Qualcomm’s outdated Snapdragon Wear 2100.

However, as the series continued, Britta gradually turned from the love interest to the laughingstock of the group.

I became a laughingstock at the time.

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Its quest for a third — and M.L.S.’s first repeat championship since the Galaxy in 2011 and 2012 — begins Saturday against visiting New England, the early season laughingstock under the veteran coach Bruce Arena.

Latifi faces a similar uphill climb as he graduates from test and reserve driver to a racing seat at Williams, the former F1 powerhouse that has become something of a laughingstock.

Angry judge calls Florida ‘laughingstock of the world’ – World Tribune: Window on the Real WorldEast West Services, Inc.

It’s hard to say exactly how big of a screw-up this was for the Big Ten’s laughingstock.

I wonder how much of a laughingstock that idiot is in his department now.

Let’s fuel more fodder to continue as the butt of jokes for most other countries’ that view the leadership of the USA as Earth’s laughingstock!

Now, a decade later, he is an irrelevant laughingstock, attempting to break into the world of Gen Z social media influencers.

And man shall be that to overman: a laughingstock or painful embarrassment.

The Grand Jury threw the letter out as evidence, and the news made a laughingstock of the general for the rest of the proceedings.

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Common combinations with laughingstock

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "laughingstock" in a sentence?
An example: "The Orioles have gone from laughingstock to one of the game’s best teams since hiring Brandon Hyde as manager to guide a well-executed rebuild." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "laughingstock" from authentic English texts.
What does "laughingstock" mean?
Laughingstock means: Alternative spelling of laughing stock.
What are synonyms of "laughingstock"?
Common synonyms of "laughingstock" include: butt, goat, stooge, victim, dupe.
How many example sentences with "laughingstock" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "laughingstock", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.