joylessly
Example Sentences
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I spent the first 15 years of my life living with my grandmother, a woman who dutifully if joylessly prepared all the meals.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2023
He added: "This could have been fun, but there is something so arbitrary and CGI-bound and jeopardy-free about it, as the film joylessly chops in bits of Alien, The Swarm, Bourne and 007."
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2022
Cornelius is explaining to his naïve fellow employee, Barnaby, that beyond “this hick town” where they labor so joylessly is “a slick town.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2019
Rebounding from the joylessly lurid genre fug of 2007’s misbegotten “Perfect Stranger,” Foley’s return to the big screen shows some of his velvety class as a trash stylist.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2017
I plodded joylessly on to the top of the mountain.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
