Example sentences for: mirth

How can you use “mirth” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Why do the Italians almost choke with mirth when they overhear an American calling his girl friend “My pet”?

  • This was 1923, only a few years after the Boy Scouts had been created, but they had already become a source of indelicate mirth.

  • And farewell, merry heart, the gift of guiltless minds,And all sports which for life's restore variety assigns.Let all that sweet is, void; in me no mirth may dwell:Philip, the cause of all this woe, my life's content, farewell!

  • He catches Abbie Hoffman acting out for the camera--tongue protruding, middle finger in the air, "fuck" emblazoned on his forehead--but when you look at Hoffman's eyes you see no joy, no mirth, no childish glee at pissing off the grown-ups.

  • Miss Bonham Carter was splendid . She ought to play Lily Barth if The House of Mirth ever makes it out of turnaround.


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