Too many moments are played for laughs, beginning with a discussion of death.

The mood of high anxiety is played not just for laughs.

We could have played it for laughs, but no one was funny.

The story had been played for laughs, but I didn't mind.

Although the group played for laughs, all its members were quite adequate musicians, some of them very good.

Yet since so much of the movie is played for laughs, this could be another joke.

Unable to play down politics completely, the two families played it for laughs instead.

Death is generally played for laughs in this quick and dirty play.

But too many speeches are played strictly for easy laughs.

A game played for laughs rather than high scores has always been encouraged.