joyless

Example Sentences

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MIAMI—Despite arriving with one of the greatest rosters ever assembled, Team USA found a way to make its time at the World Baseball Classic look rather joyless.

From The Wall Street Journal

He had a preacher’s voice, hollow and joyless.

From Literature

Great Britain's joyless start to the Winter Paralympics continued as wheelchair curlers Jo Butterfield and Jason Kean let slip their grasp on the mixed doubles semi-finals and missed out on qualifying.

From BBC

Leadership sets the tone, and right now that tone feels tense and joyless.

From Los Angeles Times

There were a few cafés and bars, but they seemed careless, dusty, and joyless places.

From Literature