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Recent Examples of mirth While that occasion caused much mirth, neighbors in Washington were not pleased with the mass of masked marauders. Alexander Smith, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024 Whether sentiment carries her to one last nomination here is unclear, but there’s an equal measure of mirth and melancholy to seeing Lavin go out in such fine form. Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025 The study results found that the combination of satire and anthropomorphism elicited the most mirth. Discover Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025 On this day, director Jeffrey Lo and book, music and lyrics creator Min Kahng plopped dead center at their work station as the chaos and mirth of a new musical exploded around them. David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mirth
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Noun
  • As the country’s friends have looked on in horror and its rivals have watched with glee, the United States has gone from indispensable to insufferable.
    KORI SCHAKE, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
  • The crowd stood up and with nervous laughter streamed toward the lobby, then galloped into the street with the glee of prisoners released.
    Andrew Kay, Harpers Magazine, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • The new Whole Foods grocery store in downtown St. Charles is officially open, with dozens of customers gathering Wednesday morning for the festivities.
    Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025
  • A number of celebrities are invited to the wedding festivities, which remain a secret but are expected to kick off on Thursday and end Saturday in the picturesque Italian city.
    Lauryn Overhultz , Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Pratt was released on bail in June 1997, to the cheers of his supporters.
    Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
  • Indeed, the vibe for most of the night was mainly triumphant and celebratory as Abel basked in the love of thousands of fans, pausing in between tracks and looking up with a smile as the crowd erupted in cheers.
    Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2025

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“Mirth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mirth. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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