mirthless
Example Sentences
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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 “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” it’s deployed as a flat, mirthless inside joke — another pat reference, unfunny and predictable, charged with a yawning desperation to please.
From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2023
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
Standing above the ruin, Goss gave a short and mirthless laugh.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2021
He gives me a mirthless smile and walks toward my mom.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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