Sentence examples for devoid of humor from inspiring English sources

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"Don't ever have children," she said, in a tone devoid of humor.

Simon Heffer finds T. S. Eliot's early letters short on anecdotes and devoid of humor.

If I met him, I would be curious to discover whether he was really as devoid of humor as is his book.

He knows what he knows so surely, so completely, that he cannot think against himself; no poet besides Milton is as devoid of humor.

Extravagantly beautiful, endlessly noble and largely devoid of humor, it self-consciously pushes every aspect of movie-making toward sensorial overload.

If "XXY" is imagistically too programmatic (a scene of carrots being sliced is typical of its Freudian heavy-handedness) and devoid of humor, it never seems pruriently exploitative.

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It would be a place devoid of grace, humor, and, perhaps above all, deniability.

The movie is also humorless — at least, devoid of intentional humor.

The movie is also humorless at least, devoid of intentional humor.

"My fear was, I didn't want to do just the product shot, and be devoid of the humor and fun of the brand," she said.

Dear Editors: The insulting Michael Noer article Don't Marry a Career Woman was not only tasteless, it was totally devoid of any humor.

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