mirthfulness

Example Sentences

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The familiar wonder and mirthfulness of his voice has a note of rueful loss.

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2019

It was in that spirit of mourning and mirthfulness, says Robin, that Alan Thicke’s loved ones gathered for a memorial celebration last Sunday in Carpinteria.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2016

In the film, Black brought a slobby mirthfulness to the role — you believed him when he said he had a hangover, and you naturally averted your eyes when his flesh spilled over his jeans.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2015

The single candle by which she had been reading showed the shining mirthfulness of the eyes with which the two regarded each other.

From Aurora the Magnificent by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

The Old Trapper evidently relished the mirthfulness of his companion, for his face was lighted with the amused expression of the humorist when he has told to an appreciative comrade an experience against himself.

From Holiday Tales Christmas in the Adirondacks by Murray, W. H. H. (William Henry Harrison)