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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2024

Rosendale is a self-defeating, humorless member of the House Freedom Caucus who cannot, in any form or fashion, mitigate his sharp Maryland accent.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2024

They crave power, are as humorless as a commissar, and entirely lack introspection as to their own fallibility.

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2023

Giti’s hand shot up to her chin, and she looked with alarm to Laila, who smiled pityingly—Giti was the most humorless person Laila had ever met—and shook her head with reassurance.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini