joyless

Example Sentences

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MIAMI—Despite arriving with one of the greatest rosters ever assembled, Team USA found a way to make its time at the World Baseball Classic look rather joyless.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Thomas Frank is trapped in a gilded cage at Tottenham Hotspur, his attempts to escape hindered by yet another joyless experience and more Premier League points dropped.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

I agree with Molly Jong-Fast that the tone of non-stop outrage from that era backfired, by making liberals seem joyless and hysterical.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2024

But from the snapshots we see, these encounters seem mostly humiliating and joyless.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2024

There were a few cafés and bars, but they seemed careless, dusty, and joyless places.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell