After the remark, which provoked laughter, the Mayor indicated that the final figures might be quite different.

Or they could simply be caricatures, designed to provoke laughter.

"Or of too many women," another man put in, provoking laughter.

"You need to pick off Republicans one at a time," he said, provoking laughter.

The chief said something that provoked especially loud laughter.

The singing itself provokes laughter, but now the door is opened to martyrdom.

Some of the e-mail and testimony provoked laughter in the hearing room.

So how dark can a film be and still provoke laughter?

In Italy a restaurant with this name would provoke laughter from everyone!

"The judge who handled the case made fun of the Indian witnesses, provoking laughter in the court," the report said.