Sentence examples for a joyless example from inspiring English sources

It sounds depressingly like something that the mercenary agent character in Trevor Griffiths' 'Comedians' would say, and it's also a jumping-off point for a joyless example of Brown's uptight ire.

Partly, no doubt, this is to counter the mixed reviews the film met with; Variety, for example, said it played like "a joyless corrective to Robin Hood's prior screen adventures".

And for those who suspect such an avid bunch of pin-counters to be a joyless lot, AG Cooper claims in his paper, "Holmesian Humour", to have counted 292 examples of the master's laughter.

What a joyless thought.

They manifest a joyless rococo.

More like a joyless hell.Roger WilsonFalls Church, Virginia.

He was a joyless, cantankerous figure throughout the tournament.

Only a joyless fool would find grounds for complaint.

It has become a joyless profession.

We'd made love, in a joyless ceremony of farewell.

The world can be a joyless place.