mirthless
Example Sentences
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He has been the season’s answer to Anton Chigurh, the mirthless and equally style-challenged assassin of “No Country.”
From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2024
Of course, SAG voters also thought “House of Gucci” was perfetto last year too, while their slightly more restrained academy counterparts weren’t as gaga for Ridley Scott’s mirthless meatball of a movie.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2023
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
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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