How to Use no laughing matter in a Sentence
no laughing matter
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But the subject of one of their most recent videos was no laughing matter.
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Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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But many in the government knew this was no laughing matter.
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Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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This teed up a further week of jockeying that was both no laughing matter and, at times, quite funny.
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Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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This was now, May 8, 1966, and no laughing matter.
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Dave Duffey,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2026
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Ladder safety is no laughing matter.
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Paul Grein,
Billboard,
3 Sep. 2019
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But the nature of West Ham’s defending was no laughing matter.
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Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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But the decision was no laughing matter to Colorado officials.
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John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
14 Sep. 2025
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But what Partlow experienced last season was no laughing matter.
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Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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Fatherhood is no joke Even though Wayne finds humor in his family life, to him, raising his kids is no laughing matter.
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Max Bacall , Nikos Degruccio , Alexia Cousoulas,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2026
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The legacy of Cuban comic Guillermo Alvarez Guedes is no laughing matter.
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Fernando Gonzalez,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
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Suddenly, Colbert’s comedy show was no laughing matter.
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Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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This April 1st will be no laughing matter for Japan’s 10 regional power suppliers.
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IEEE Spectrum,
30 Mar. 2016
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The image of an officer peering into the empty driver’s seat of the offending vehicle may have been good for a chuckle, but other incidents have been no laughing matter.
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Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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