joylessness

Example Sentences

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Her house is pristine and lifeless, reflecting Pansy’s own sense of joylessness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2025

But the joylessness of Diamond’s personality, as detailed by the musical’s book writer, Anthony McCracken, exists in a discomfiting, static counterpoint to the dynamism of his music.

From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2022

The two loneliest howlers in hip-hop unite for a meditation on the joylessness of fame.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2022

Making her second album during the pandemic also helped her combat the feelings of "joylessness" she'd experienced in her teens.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2022

For joyfulness of state makes time seem short, and joylessness of state makes time seem long; from which it is evident that time in the spiritual world is nothing but quality of state.

From Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom by Ager, John