Sentence examples for be a less joyous from inspiring English sources

Remembering its erection, on August 13th 1961, 50 years ago, should be a less joyous occasion.

Pam Ayres' effort is a less joyous experience.

I've got nothing against Polish cuisine but it would have been a less joyous union if I'd married a Polish girl.

Another company that got government help is in a less joyous mood these days.

Joy-riding on the beach is a lot less joyous during plover season: motorists must slow their four-wheel-drive phaetons to 10 miles an hour.

Similarly, Mr. Angelis, the pizza shop owner, said that the first communion ceremony for his 8-year-old son, John, planned for this May at St. Agnes Cathedral, would be no less joyous for the report's findings.

He beat Henrique Hilario, who had started only two games last season, but Wondolowski's fist pump was no less forceful, and his embrace of Henry was no less joyous.

There were some less joyous occasions.

But this year, the holiday mood in the Palestinian territories is distinctly less joyous and it shows in the Dawod's buffet.

Then the trucker gets pulled over and harassed by some corrupt traffic cops, which is less joyous still.

The mood north of the border has been less joyous.