humorless

Example Sentences

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With a short season, smaller scope and much lighter tone, this could be the welcome antidote to the humorless, plodding “HotD,” and get Westeros fans excited again.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025

Barack Obama is also the subject of humorless insults.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2025

“My set is not humorless, but it is fairly serious and very demanding,” the director says.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2024

Julianne Moore is his mother, a humorless scold whose coldness and impatience are seemingly understandable, as her son is such an insufferable boor.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2024

Solemn, humorless despite the slightly ironic smile, he suddenly cut deep—yet with the same mildness, the same almost inhuman indifference except for the pale flash of fire in his eyes.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner