Fenn laughed what novelists are fond of calling a mirthless laugh. From Wordnik.com. [The Head of Kay's] Reference
Frank Rich of the New York Times called the comedian's performance "mirthless". From Wordnik.com. [Jerry Weissman: Obama and Comedy] Reference
Sarah paused to laugh in mirthless discordance. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 14] Reference
It was not boisterous; indeed, it was consciously refined, -- mirthless, meaningless. From Wordnik.com. [Youth and the Bright Medusa] Reference
With lips that smile and frame the mirthless joke. From Wordnik.com. [Pan and Æolus: Poems] Reference
He uttered a mirthless, wolf-like bark of a laugh. From Wordnik.com. [The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police] Reference
Lieutenant Colonel Higgee showed a mirthless grin. From Wordnik.com. [Old Mans War] Reference
"The bug Bastille," said Jim with a mirthless grin. From Wordnik.com. [The Raid on the Termites] Reference
And the little man piped his high, mirthless laugh. From Wordnik.com. [The Rim of the Desert] Reference
Sally burst into one of her hard, mirthless laughs. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'] Reference
Dharniel emitted a sharp bark of mirthless laughter. From Wordnik.com. [Music to My Sorrow]
Lady Swansdown breaks into a low but mirthless laugh. From Wordnik.com. [April's Lady A Novel] Reference
Truedale saw this and laughed a dry, mirthless laugh. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Thou Gavest] Reference
He stopped, and his face twisted into a mirthless smile. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
He laughs a mirthless laugh as he sees their predicament. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons on Biblical Characters] Reference
Carl stirred and a spasm of mirthless laughter shook him. From Wordnik.com. [Diane of the Green Van] Reference
She gave a mirthless laugh at Sasha's shocked expression. From Wordnik.com. [Disordered Minds]
"The wise thing," again the bitter mirthless laugh sounded. From Wordnik.com. [A Mating in the Wilds] Reference
She grinned at me with a mirthless stretching of her mouth. From Wordnik.com. [Here Lies Gloria Mundy]
The suggestion brought from her a peal of mirthless laughter. From Wordnik.com. [Colorado Jim] Reference
Her full-lipped mouth regards me with a bitter, mirthless smile. From Wordnik.com. [War] Reference
Tatsu's mirthless laugh rang out against the sound of dripping rain. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Painter] Reference
She gave a little mirthless laugh, and went over to her chair again. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Promise] Reference
He smiled sardonically, a mirthless grin both sinister and menacing. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
A mirthless voice, with an intention of mirth in it, said, 'Look out!. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
“I don't want him to choke,” I say, and Michael laughs, mirthless. From Wordnik.com. [Better] Reference
"We are going to try, you mean," answered George with a mirthless smile. From Wordnik.com. [The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat] Reference
"Since I went to Dartmoor," Stane laughed again his cold, mirthless laugh. From Wordnik.com. [A Mating in the Wilds] Reference
He laughed a little, wildly, with the mirthless chill that is of a maniac. From Wordnik.com. [A Fool There Was] Reference
And suddenly his gust of mirthless laughter made petty the other's insolence. From Wordnik.com. [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference
She rarely smiled, and her laugh was a mere sound -- not harsh, but mirthless. From Wordnik.com. [The Shield of Silence] Reference
This answer seemed to satisfy Rhes and his face cracked into a mirthless smile. From Wordnik.com. [Deathworld] Reference
And they have things like pursed lips and knowing glances and mirthless laughter. From Wordnik.com. [It Could Be Anything] Reference
This was the premise of one of 2006's most mirthless comedies, the formulaic "RV.". From Wordnik.com. [A Busload Of Losers] Reference
"We listen to what he says and then we kill him," Gebk said with a mirthless grin. From Wordnik.com. [Planet of the Damned] Reference
Bink laughed that mirthless little laugh that men in power are so often capable of. From Wordnik.com. [Matt Slade, Esq.--Pro Bono Czar] Reference
And Miranda laughed a hard mirthless laugh, and then settled down to her subject again. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
His mirthless, prosecutorial style is more tolerated than admired by Pennsylvania voters. From Wordnik.com. [Arlen Specter's Specter] Reference
"Reason, or Duty, ever partakes of the monastery," he retorted with a short, mirthless laugh. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
He chuckled, a nasty, throaty, mirthless chuckle that sent chills up and down the girl's spine. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Gold] Reference
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