gallows humor

Example Sentences

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For local establishments, the newly offered specials are part gallows humor, part business gamble.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 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

Streetwise and informed by Price’s trademark dialogue and gallows humor, it’s a tale of individual redemption and an exploration of the precarity of American life.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2024

“We are facing an impossible situation, and that’s exactly what gallows humor was designed to handle,” he said.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024

There was a good deal of gallows humor among us.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela