The joking remark about remarrying caused laughter in the courtroom.
As time passed, the word came more and more to be associated with any sort of performance intended to cause laughter.
This does not undermine the fact that it is still an effective form of comedy for its reputation to cause laughter.
Could our pleasures be described, their simplicity would cause laughter.
Not to be outdone, he began a story that had been known to cause laughter before.
The sour look on his face caused laughter to ripple through the gym.
He told them he was only catching his breath, which caused laughter.
This caused frequent laughter among the film crew, ruining several takes.
But I had never seen them cause laughter.
To say more than this would only cause weeping and laughter.