mirth
Example Sentences
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As recently as two days ago, he mentioned how his actions are making the District a place of mirth and virtue.
From Salon
“The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show” promises to combat the world’s devastation with campy magic and mirth that only a queer interpretation of Christmas can provide.
From Los Angeles Times
The games, the tedium, the comfort of nostalgia, the sting and fury of old resentments: It’s an experience of mirth and misery alike.
But among others, like Aleysha, there is an inexplicable element of mirth.
From BBC
Eventually, though, expenses, questionable bookkeeping by associates and bad investments ate his savings, and in 1987, at 38 and weighing nearly 300 pounds, he announced, to the mirth of many, his comeback.
From Los Angeles Times
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