humorless

Example Sentences

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With a short season, smaller scope and much lighter tone, this could be the welcome antidote to the humorless, plodding “HotD,” and get Westeros fans excited again.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025

Barack Obama is also the subject of humorless insults.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2025

“My set is not humorless, but it is fairly serious and very demanding,” the director says.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2024

Julianne Moore is his mother, a humorless scold whose coldness and impatience are seemingly understandable, as her son is such an insufferable boor.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2024

He had nicknamed a particularly tyrannical, humorless, and rosy steward “Pink Whiskers,” a sobriquet that was soon used by all the jockeys.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand