mirthless
Example Sentences
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Instead, Watters relies on low-effort mockery and lazy analysis, delivered in a mellow tone, often paired with a mirthless laugh.
From Slate ● May 16, 2024
In “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” it’s deployed as a flat, mirthless inside joke — another pat reference, unfunny and predictable, charged with a yawning desperation to please.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
“The FBI is not the Gestapo,” Finder said, with a laugh as dry and mirthless as the desert surrounding her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
In a concert landscape marked by cash-grab reunions and mirthless anniversary celebrations, Rage — as it did during its heyday — stood above the rest and proved to be as ferocious and felicitous as ever.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2022
He gives me a mirthless smile and walks toward my mom.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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