gallows humor
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The series is wildly atmospheric with plenty of gallows humor and more than a few truly loopy plotlines, but great fun with Davis managing, as ever, to sell even the most preposterous scene.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
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
It’s a gallows humor with a dark edge.
From New York Times • May 5, 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
