mirthless
Example Sentences
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Asked what Orwell would make of that, Peck gives a small, mirthless laugh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
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
The brothers Nelson approach “O Come All Ye Faithful” with a pair of billy clubs, beating upon each syllable as if playing a mirthless game of Whac-a-Mole.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 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
On this the other women joined, and such a mirthless, hard, soulless laughter rang through the room that it almost made me faint to hear; it seemed like the pleasure of fiends.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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