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

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