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Example sentences for "laughed softly"

  • One by one he read them through with feverish interest, and when he set them down he laughed softly to himself.

  • He laughed softly to himself as he passed down the broad stairs.

  • He laughed softly to himself from sheer lightness of heart.

  • As he read he laughed softly to himself, and then, clutching the paper in his hands, he walked away to the Embankment, up Northumberland Avenue, and into the Strand.

  • Yes, I astonished them all," and he laughed softly.

  • He laughed softly to himself as the picture grew in his mind, and he saw Ransom come blundering in through the palms, mopping his red face and chattering inane things to little Miss Meesen.

  • He laughed softly to himself as he drew paper toward him and picked up the pencil which Gregson had used.

  • He laughed softly, joyously, as he wound the bit of fabric about his fingers and retraced his steps toward Churchill.

  • His blood was pounding eagerly, almost with pleasure at the promise of what was ahead of him, and he laughed softly to himself as he thought of the odds.

  • It was this miracle of arctic night, its suddenness and unexpectedness, that had startled her, he thought, and he laughed softly.

  • He laughed softly at the beautiful courage with which she lied.

  • And he laughed softly as he came to her side again, and looked over the tundra where Rossland had gone.

  • He laughed softly, under his breath, and he had never laughed with more satisfaction.

  • He imagined their chagrin at the way in which the chase had vanished, and he laughed softly to think that he and the lads lay so near their enemies, but invisible and so well hidden.

  • He heard, after a while, the calls of warriors to one another and he laughed softly to himself.

  • You are a wild lot, my gallant Jacobites"--he laughed softly as he spoke.

  • Doubt it who will, an imminent danger will not wholly dispel the sense of humour, and Montàiglon, as he ran before the footpads, laughed softly at the Baronne.

  • At the sound of her sob, he laughed softly, and his laugh, unlike his smile, was a laugh of happiness.

  • He laughed softly as he kissed her, enjoying her freshness, her surrender, her adoration, which she no longer attempted to hide.

  • Lifting her chin, he laughed softly as he stooped and kissed her.

  • He laughed softly, and his laugh frightened her more than anything he had said.

  • He pointed with outstretched, steady hand to something beyond her line of vision, and as he turned to enter the tent he laughed softly, and she shivered involuntarily.

  • She struggled frantically, but she was helpless, and he laughed softly as he kissed her lips, her hair, her eyes passionately.

  • He laughed softly at the foolishness of the inmates trying to plot for his death by doing something they had not dared to do for a week.

  • As they did so Shields jerked his guns loose and laughed softly: "That itch has plumb gone away," he said.

  • He laughed softly when he confessed to himself how madly he wanted to see her.

  • He laughed softly to himself as he quickened his pace.

  • I didn't let you come," he laughed softly, drawing her to him.

  • He laughed softly, and his nails dug as harshly into the palms of his hands as they had dug into the sills of the window.

  • Evelyn Walton, following his course of flight from the doorway, laughed softly.

  • He sighed, laughed softly at himself, and went on.

  • He felt a little shiver go over him, and threw back his shoulders and laughed softly at his foolishness.

  • Then he laughed--laughed softly--and Old Jerry knew what that laugh meant.

  • She shook her head again and laughed softly, as if from sheer joyous excitement.

  • He laughed softly, a short little laugh of amusement at his own momentary folly.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "laughed softly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    chattels personal; equestrian rank; fairy stories; gallant forecastle; good folk; hollow cylinder; hundred pounds; independent state; laughed again; laughed aloud; laughed heartily; laughed softly; laughed the; more often; more thorough; often necessary; open circuit; plumb line; proclaimed king; responded the; sexual feeling; she begged; soft soap; special constable; start them; will sleep