mirthfulness

Example Sentences

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The familiar wonder and mirthfulness of his voice has a note of rueful loss.

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2019

It was in that spirit of mourning and mirthfulness, says Robin, that Alan Thicke’s loved ones gathered for a memorial celebration last Sunday in Carpinteria.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2016

In the film, Black brought a slobby mirthfulness to the role — you believed him when he said he had a hangover, and you naturally averted your eyes when his flesh spilled over his jeans.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2015

The single candle by which she had been reading showed the shining mirthfulness of the eyes with which the two regarded each other.

From Aurora the Magnificent by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

Nor can the various public and even private buildings, which are daily springing up around us, like so many mushrooms, be contemplated 12 without considerable emotions of mirthfulness.

From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by Leech, John