mirthful
Example Sentences
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A Christmas card, sent during the most mirthful time of the year, should come from the heart, not a program rapidly depleting our planet’s natural resources.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2025
The mirthful and relieved response to the death of this man—that’s how most people in the world are reacting to this news.
From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2023
Her upcoming feature debut, the mirthful and melancholic meditation on masculinity that is “Biosphere,” is unlike anything she has done yet.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 2023
He concluded that "the overall experience is a mirthful yet melancholic one worth riding along with".
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2023
Of these, she liked best one that showed them sitting in a leaf-dappled light amid picnic debris and looking at one another with expressions that, though unsmiling, seemed mirthful and full of delight.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
