How to Use laughing matter in a Sentence

laughing matter

noun
  • Just not much of a laughing matter.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 10 Feb. 2026
  • And ignoring that fact is now no longer a laughing matter.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • All jokes aside, a new study shows that getting older should be a laughing matter.
    — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2014
  • But the threats police calls can present for black people are rarely a laughing matter.
    — Beatrice Dupuy, Teen Vogue, 7 May 2018
  • Now, is a DWI a laughing matter?
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
  • In real life, though, setting boundaries with friends is no laughing matter.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022
  • But was this really a laughing matter?
    — Shikhar Sachdev, HubSpot, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Set at 75%, this smooth drinking spirit is no laughing matter.
    — Michael Bartiromo, Fox News, 10 July 2018
  • Triple-digit interest rates are no laughing matter for those who take out payday loans.
    — Anjali Tsui, ProPublica, 5 June 2019
  • The line was met by applause and some laughs, but her expression signaled that this was no laughing matter to her.
    — Drew Kann, CNN, 28 Sep. 2019
  • For the folks at the Onion, labor relations are no laughing matter.
    — Lukas I. Alpert, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Legendary late night talk show host Jay Leno has learned that some topics are no laughing matter.
    — Falen Hardge, PEOPLE.com, 29 Sep. 2021
  • In South Korea, though, the image has been no laughing matter.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2021
  • For executives and board members, ethics are no longer a laughing matter.
    — Ann Skeet, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The Democrats may have made their recommendations in jest, yet the truth's no laughing matter.
    — Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2020
  • And truthfully, the world of remote court hearings often isn't a laughing matter.
    — Andrew Wolfson, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2020
  • The issue of Berkshire Hathaway and climate change is no longer a laughing matter for you.
    — Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 29 June 2021
  • She's got a husband who trained some of the January Sixers, and that none of that is a laughing matter.
    — Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 29 July 2021
  • The bucket, which appears to be a plastic jack-o'-lantern, may seem like a laughing matter to some, but not Karen Bloch.
    — Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Watt, and the Cardinals, surely hope their play in 2021 will be no laughing matter.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2021
  • The way that Muslims are portrayed onscreen, and their absence behind the camera, is no laughing matter.
    — Dr. Stacy L. Smith, Variety, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Others couldn't help but compare her to Santa Claus, but getting stuck in a chimney is no laughing matter.
    — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 16 June 2021
  • New York Fashion Week events have been kicking off in the last few days, and this is no laughing matter for Holmes.
    — Iris Goldsztajn, Marie Claire, 10 Sep. 2021
  • This is no laughing matter, given the deadly nature of the disease and the shots anyone who is bitten has to endure to ward off infection.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 7 Apr. 2022
  • In the boardrooms of some of America’s largest corporations, though, the nurdle is no laughing matter.
    — John D. Stoll, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2019
  • Cardwell was jesting, of course, but the 6-foot-11 center’s defense at the rim early this season has been no laughing matter.
    — Tom Green | [email protected], al, 15 Nov. 2022
  • But according to many women—celebrity chef Ina Garten among them—the role roast chicken plays in matters of the heart is no laughing matter.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2017
  • But a wipeout of your profits after the latest announcement from the White House is hardly a laughing matter.
    — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
  • For Adam Sandler, growing old is definitely a laughing matter.
    — Pamela Avila, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
  • For Larry David and Barack Obama, history is a laughing matter.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 26 June 2026

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