mirthful

Example Sentences

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It’s the human experience, all rolled into one gut punch that’s designed to push every last merry, mirthful little button viewers have.

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2025

To which Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama—one of the rotating nonpermanent council members who happened to be serving as chair—proposed a mirthful deal: “You stop the war, and President Zelensky will not take the floor.”

From Slate • Sep. 22, 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

The features of these enormous portraits are naturalistically carved and amazingly expressive— thoughtful or fiercely proud, mirthful or dismayed.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann