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

He laments his solitude, his joylessness, his poverty, the obscurity of his life: grace departs from him; hope burns low within his heart.

From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by Gould, George M. (George Milbrey)