mirthless
Example Sentences
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Asked what Orwell would make of that, Peck gives a small, mirthless laugh.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025
Instead, Watters relies on low-effort mockery and lazy analysis, delivered in a mellow tone, often paired with a mirthless laugh.
From Slate • May 16, 2024
In a concert landscape marked by cash-grab reunions and mirthless anniversary celebrations, Rage — as it did during its heyday — stood above the rest and proved to be as ferocious and felicitous as ever.
From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2022
The scene couldn’t have been any further from the mirthless, empty arena where the Lightning won the Cup last September in a quarantined bubble across the continent in Edmonton, Alberta.
From Washington Times • Jul. 7, 2021
He gives me a mirthless smile and walks toward my mom.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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