Joyless Sentence Examples

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  • There are various theories as to what exactly makes this sort of Scot so embittered and joyless.

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  • His approach paid dividends in Hal's confrontations with his equally joyless father.

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  • Also his job (teacher) gives him a rather joyless look which is expunged on the rare occasions of a smile.

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  • I am gathered here singing your praises and considering how, for the most part, my singing has become so joyless.

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  • Andy died, Liza got fat, and the rest of us were condemned to a shabby and joyless social purgatory.

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