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 incident excited the mirthfulness of the Brownies, who broke into merry laughter, and those on board began to chaff those in the stream.
From Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies by McCook, Henry Christopher
Ran� smiled maliciously as he filled his master's goblet, and endeavoured, by some buffooneries, to restore mirthfulness; but the king left the wine untouched, and fell into deep thought.
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin
