gallows humor
Example Sentences
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For local establishments, the newly offered specials are part gallows humor, part business gamble.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
“I meant it as a bit of gallows humor, but he answered by essentially saying, Actually, sort of,” Gluck, a journalist, writes in his forthcoming memoir, An Exercise in Uncertainty.
From Slate • May 2, 2025
It’s a gallows humor with a dark edge.
From New York Times • May 5, 2024
The blend of gallows humor and gruesome fright is enlivening, casting a strange yet fiendishly compelling spell.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024
There was a good deal of gallows humor among us.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
