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
Thursday night was a gruesome scene, cloaked in finery and artistry, and what an appropriate, mirthless lasting impression of Beijing 2022.
From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2022
Standing above the ruin, Goss gave a short and mirthless laugh.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2021
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
On this the other women joined, and such a mirthless, hard, soulless laughter rang through the room that it almost made me faint to hear; it seemed like the pleasure of fiends.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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