mirthless

Example Sentences

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Of course, SAG voters also thought “House of Gucci” was perfetto last year too, while their slightly more restrained academy counterparts weren’t as gaga for Ridley Scott’s mirthless meatball of a movie.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2023

Thursday night was a gruesome scene, cloaked in finery and artistry, and what an appropriate, mirthless lasting impression of Beijing 2022.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2022

The scene couldn’t have been any further from the mirthless, empty arena where the Lightning won the Cup last September in a quarantined bubble across the continent in Edmonton, Alberta.

From Washington Times • Jul. 7, 2021

The value in these films — as grim and mirthless as they may seem — is that they paved the way for “Happiest Season.”

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2020

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