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
They’ve also observed that many people exercise joylessly when they’re dieting, then stop exercising when they start practicing “Intuitive Eating,” because they feel like the two don’t mix.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2020
Hopefully then we'll get, dare I think it — working class housing for all those poor souls who will joylessly toil in the cubicles of these random giants.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2019
She stops and answers joylessly, “I organized them.”
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
