MIRTH in a Sentence
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41 example sentences for MIRTH, such as:
1. Her body began to shake with mirth.
2. with mirth and music the masquerade went on.
3. Murray Pick's hollow laugh had no mirth in it.
4. Finally Melly wiped tears of mirth from her eyes.
5. Excess of zeal kills the grace and the mirth of good dinners.
2. with mirth and music the masquerade went on.
3. Murray Pick's hollow laugh had no mirth in it.
4. Finally Melly wiped tears of mirth from her eyes.
5. Excess of zeal kills the grace and the mirth of good dinners.
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Meanings and Examples of MIRTH
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mirth
n. gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter
Classic Sentence: (38 in 3 pages)
1 For a moment she looked at it as if she had never seen it before and then she began to laugh, peal on peal of mirth that had in it no hint of hysteria.
2 Finally Melly wiped tears of mirth from her eyes.
3 He laughed, too, throwing back his head as though he enjoyed laughter, thinking her mirth came from the friendly treachery of the men who had given Melly's secret away.
4 Thus adjured, Lily turned her eyes on the spectacle which was affording Mr. Dorset such legitimate mirth.
5 Ellen brought him one of her dust-caps, and went into contortions of mirth, which she found it impossible to control, when she saw him put it on before the mirror as grotesquely as he could.
6 But, instead of pulling the trigger, he lowered the muzzle again, and indulged himself in a fit of his peculiar mirth.
7 The dealers in the human article make scrupulous and systematic efforts to promote noisy mirth among them, as a means of drowning reflection, and rendering them insensible to their condition.
8 But in proportion as his youth disappeared, gayety was kindled; he replaced his teeth with buffooneries, his hair with mirth, his health with irony, his weeping eye laughed incessantly.
9 Excess of zeal kills the grace and the mirth of good dinners.
10 I propose a toast to mirth; be merry.
11 Once excited, he burst forth, a sort of mirth accentuated his enthusiasm, and he was at once both laughing and lyric.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER IV—THE BACK ROOM OF THE CAFE MUSAIN
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER IV—THE BACK ROOM OF THE CAFE MUSAIN
12 These carriage-loads form mountains of mirth in the midst of the rout.
13 Now, as a half-smile was sufficient to awaken the irascibility of the young man, the effect produced upon him by this vociferous mirth may be easily imagined.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In 1 THE THREE PRESENTS OF D'ARTAGNAN THE ELDER
Context Highlight In 1 THE THREE PRESENTS OF D'ARTAGNAN THE ELDER
14 His quiet manner and the ironical expression of his countenance redoubled the mirth of the persons with whom he had been talking, and who still remained at the window.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In 1 THE THREE PRESENTS OF D'ARTAGNAN THE ELDER
Context Highlight In 1 THE THREE PRESENTS OF D'ARTAGNAN THE ELDER
15 with mirth and music the masquerade went on.
Example Sentence:
1 Murray Pick's hollow laugh had no mirth in it.
2 Her body began to shake with mirth.
3 Our mirth is then indeed an ornament to us when we serve God and honor him with it.