How to Use mirth in a Sentence

mirth

noun

• Her clumsy attempt to cut the cake was the cause of much mirth.
• The men laughed, but there was not much mirth behind it.
  — Tara Sutton, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2017
• The story of the maybe-couple’s lofty meet-cute had slipped the surly bonds of mirth.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 6 July 2018
• The swimming pool that was the source of so much off-camera mirth is now a koi pond.
  — Chris Gray, Houston Chronicle, 10 Jan. 2018
• But that’s the great thing about the search for deeper meaning that mirth invites.
  — Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2021
• With that tepid outlook, the broader market didn't share in any of the mirth.
  — WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
• Her heart may not be beating, but mirth still pumps through her veins.
  — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 13 June 2023
• The book’s mirth is laced with melancholy, its gags centered on pain.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2020
• Matching his stores of wisdom and mirth was his patience.
  — Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 14 June 2019
• The other plies mirth and throws one hell of an unreal supper party.
  — Lisa Kennedy, The Know, 16 Feb. 2017
• Venus soldiered through her first match but without her usual mirth.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 19 July 2017
• Leslie, we are heartbroken at your loss and will miss your mirth and your inimitable spirit.
  — Alexandra Del Rosariostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2022
• But even more of the mirth springs from the fact that, in this installment especially, size matters.
  — Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2018
• But such mirth and mayhem are not Mainstream Sellout‘s goal.
  — Charles Aaron, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2022
• Smiling for the cameras is a smile that doesn’t come from anywhere except a command; there’s no mirth in it.
  — Paul Newman, Time, 18 Oct. 2022
• The reaction among diplomats and academics in Nicaragua ranged from mirth to outrage.
  — Glenn Garvin, miamiherald, 15 June 2018
• The mirth that once marked America has been replaced by sneering and rudeness.
  — Chris Quinn, Editor, cleveland, 30 July 2022
• But there's a certain segment of the population that likes to cut that mirth with some more subversive fun.
  — Drew MacKie, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2022
• And that darker-than-dark capper doesn’t do anything to erase the material along the way that does have some mirth to it.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Apr. 2022
• Because while these mutants deliver their fair share of mirth, that comes with a little too much mayhem for their own good.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 1 Aug. 2023
• No matter her twilight circumstances as the end neared, the judge was always full of life, mirth, laughter and sometimes song.
  — Phillip Morris, cleveland.com, 18 July 2017
• Harris’ supporters and some outside observers say the attention to her mirth is not funny.
  — Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2021
• But Loathesome Lance menaces with more mirth than Dennis did.
  — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2018
• This gorgeous perfume is the perfect representation of bright days full of energy and mirth.
  — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
• At the keyboard, Vanhoenacker has danced, and on his pages there is tumbling mirth indeed.
  — David M. Shribman, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022
• King Rocker, on the other hand, is filled with scenes of Lee doubled over with simple, unironic mirth.
  — Mark O’Connell, The New York Review of Books, 23 Mar. 2021
• This is why sometimes a crossing guard will wear an outlandish outfit, hopeful that maybe the mirth of the outfit will shock such drivers into a willingness to play along.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
• The handle of the chrome tea kettle architect Andrew Wilkinson bought gets too hot to hold, a regular source of mirth for his wife.
  — Catherine Romano, WSJ, 27 July 2018
• Lacking her usual mirth, Venus got past Elise Mertens in straight sets on Monday.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 3 July 2017
• A thief, a reaver, a slayer with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet.
  — Corrina Lawson, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2010

Last Updated: 18 Apr 2024