joylessness

Example Sentences

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Her house is pristine and lifeless, reflecting Pansy’s own sense of joylessness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2025

He observes “the aura of joylessness which surrounds so many rich, powerful, and clever people” and an actress with a voice “perfectly pitched for lying.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2023

But the joylessness of Diamond’s personality, as detailed by the musical’s book writer, Anthony McCracken, exists in a discomfiting, static counterpoint to the dynamism of his music.

From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2022

The two loneliest howlers in hip-hop unite for a meditation on the joylessness of fame.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2022

Lady Staneholme would fain have made her town-bred daughter-in-law enamoured with the duties of a country life, and cheered the strange joylessness of her honeymoon.

From Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes by Tytler, Sarah