gallows humor
Example Sentences
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Many China hawks in the administration have taken to gallows humor, calling the shift the ‘Busan Freeze,’ named for the South Korea meeting between the leaders that produced a fragile trade detente.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Newsrooms being breeding grounds for gallows humor, most also understand that futility is a terrific comedy catalyst.
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2025
“I meant it as a bit of gallows humor, but he answered by essentially saying, Actually, sort of,” Gluck, a journalist, writes in his forthcoming memoir, An Exercise in Uncertainty.
From Slate • May 2, 2025
Meetings are marked by occasional gallows humor about what catastrophe lurks around the corner.
From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2024
I noted as another example of gallows humor that Billie had put out black guest towels and a washcloth for me.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
