mirthlessness
- a word derived from mirth.
Example Sentences
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At precisely this point last season, after the fifth game, Michigan not only stood 2-3 overall and 0-3 against power-conference teams, it swam in the mirthlessness of hard moral waters.
From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2015
"I've forgotten what it's like to meet people and try to talk intelligently," she laughed with the mirthlessness of physical exhaustion.
From The Education of Eric Lane by McKenna, Stephen
He laughed with a harsh mirthlessness that made her quiver.
From The Shadow of the East by Hull, E. M. (Edith Maude)
Seaforth and the doctor slept the sleep of exhaustion, and Deringham could have laughed with bitter mirthlessness at the irony of it all.
From Alton of Somasco by Bindloss, Harold
He smiled with the cold mirthlessness that always reminded Humbolt of his father—of the Lake who had been the Constellation's lieutenant commander.
From Space Prison by Godwin, Tom
