joyless

Example Sentences

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They are the Joyless Olympics, made to be endured and survived instead of enjoyed and celebrated.

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2021

Joyless was the face of Aubrey Williams when he emerged.

From Time Magazine Archive

Joyless though most of them are, they have a little of the power and glory of the first and greatest Gothic cathedral windows.

From Time Magazine Archive

Joyless in the midst of gladness, None to heed her, none to love, Roamed Cassandra, plunged in sadness, To Apollo's laurel grove.

From The Poems of Schiller — Third period by Schiller, Friedrich

Joyless emblem of the greed Of millions, robber of the best Which earth can give, the vulgar creed Has seared upon the night its flaming ruthless screed.

From A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass by Lowell, Amy