Sample Sentences for
mirth
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    He felt no mirth or humor and wondered if there'd ever be a time again when he would.  (source)
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    Trying valiantly to laugh along with everyone else, he got up, his feet numb from the weight of the dwarf, as Percy Weasley did his best to disperse the crowd, some of whom were crying with mirth.  (source)
    mirth = fun and laughter
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    His face showed evident mirth.  (source)
    mirth = joy or laughter
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    At the end, Unoka was able to give an answer between fresh outbursts of mirth.  (source)
    mirth = laughter
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    There was a hint in it of laughter, but of a laughter more terrible than any sadness, a laughter that was mirthless as the smile of the Sphinx, a laughter cold as the frost and partaking of the grimness of infallibility.  (source)
    mirthless = without fun or joy
    standard suffix: The suffix "-less" in mirthless means without and reverses the meaning of mirth. This is the same pattern you see in words like harmless, fearless, and powerless.
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    I don't know whether she found it as mirthful as Papa, but she seemed to enjoy it some.  (source)
    mirthful = full of fun and laughter
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    I laughed mirthlessly.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-less" in mirthlessly means without. This is the same pattern you see in words like harmless, fearless, and powerless.
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    "Yes, yes," he says, mirthfully annoyed.†  (source)
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    This conscious expression, since it was as far as possible from boyish mirthfulness, was usually attributed to insolence or "smartness."†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    The distressing explanation she had to make to Harriet, and all that poor Harriet would be suffering, with the awkwardness of future meetings, the difficulties of continuing or discontinuing the acquaintance, of subduing feelings, concealing resentment, and avoiding eclat, were enough to occupy her in most unmirthful reflections some time longer, and she went to bed at last with nothing settled but the conviction of her having blundered most dreadfully.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unmirthful means not and reverses the meaning of mirthful. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    Loud, but with real mirth, tears coming to his eyes.  (source)
    mirth = fun and laughter
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    I laugh, mirthless, a mad laugh.  (source)
    mirthless = joyless
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    Teabing's eyes turned mirthful as he motioned to the bookshelf across the room.  (source)
    mirthful = full of fun
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