Sentence examples for joylessness from inspiring English sources

Apologists for the Beats, among them Paul Goodman, found the joylessness and purposelessness of modern society sufficient justification for both withdrawal and protest.

By the time John Cox and the Glyndebourne press officer arrive to extract him, he's mid-stream in an unstoppable tirade against the anti-smoking joylessness of York, Liverpool and other points north.

Only England could win 8-0 away from home and inspire such joylessness and contempt.

The show is feverish, ever on the move, a strange mixture of exuberance and joylessness.

That foodie trainspotterishness pretty much encapsulated the fussy joylessness of the Viajante experience, which ended up having more in common with I-Thai than we could have anticipated.

How odd it all is, all this wafting, inward-turned joylessness.

Leibovich connects his joylessness to the campaign's "free-floating hostility" and to "how bad off the country felt and how outmatched our politicians were by the severity of our problems and how obvious it was that the proverbial 'tone' of Washington wouldn't change no matter who won".

At least half the characters in the show are badly cast; the actors rush through their lines as if they were late for an appointment elsewhere; and to watch the show is to experience all the joylessness that the title connotes.

His long face conveyed, as it almost always does, a look of utter joylessness.

This should cure your hangover once and for all, leaving you with a calming sensation of insobriety and joylessness.

Not to have fun at the festival — a Wagnerian Gesamtkunstwerk of sorts, with all five senses attended to — would require a real dedication to joylessness.