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
Days and weeks have worn away,—that is the word,—worn away with such dull joylessness that they seem to me like the heavy dreams of a sick man.
From Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
