gallows humour
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A dozen minutes from the end, there was more singing from the Scottish crowd that we can only describe as gallows humour.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
But as PC Carson, Freeman strikes the required balance between toughness and vulnerability, despair and gallows humour, right and wrong.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2022
"In Britain it ties in with the tradition of panto, that kind of gallows humour," he says.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2021
Sam is my jaded Scottish side; even though he’s English he has a very Glaswegian, gallows humour.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 27, 2020
But it feels like gallows humour and the songs sound mournful.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 15, 2020
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