| 单词 | joyless |
| 例句 | Maniac thought of Thanksgivings past, of sitting around a joyless table, his aunt and uncle as silent and lifeless as the mammoth bird they gnawed on. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The greenwitches derided the philosophers as joyless old men afraid of magic, and the philosophers, not surprisingly, protested that they found much joy in the real world. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And one felt that if one had had that white man’s worldly advantages, one would never have become as bewildered and as joyless and as thoughtlessly cruel as he. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z The grin on his face is fixed, joyless, grim. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I drank it anyway, in several joyless gulps, hoping for a jolt of energy that never came. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I don’t know why I even bothered, since I just gave them a joyless glance and pitched them to the corner of the room. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Something very sinister happens to the people of a country when they begin to distrust their own reactions as deeply as they do here, and become as joyless as they have become. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z He announced that the national threat level, which had been jacked up to orange around the joyless first anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks, was being dropped. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Mere debauchery did not matter very much, so long as it was furtive and joyless, and only involved the women of a submerged and despised class. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It was a daring, impulsive move on which the chaplain decided after quarreling with Corporal Whitcomb again and washing down with tepid canteen water his joyless lunch of a Milky Way and Baby Ruth. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The guests laughed, but it was a joyless laughter, the sort of laughter that can turn into sobbing in half a heartbeat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her mouth twists into what might be a smile if it didn't appear so joyless. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Panic lanced through him at the thought of remaining married; without Ifemelu, the future loomed as an endless, joyless tedium. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Being born with a sickly resemblance to Henry Fonda was the first of a long series of practical jokes of which destiny was to make Major Major the unhappy victim throughout his joyless life. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Alicent hates the joyless sex with her gross old husband, but instead of getting mad at him, she yells at Rhaenyra for pursuing sexual freedom. Alicent Hightower of "House of the Dragon" is the Karen of Westeros 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z In the original “Let It Be,” Ono is a silent, almost joyless presence, sitting next to Lennon as they rehearse and record. You know the Beatles. Here are 16 other important names in the epic ‘Get Back’ series. 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z The rest of his stylistic flaunts, plot twists and contrivances are joyless. 'Poker Night' deals a poor hand with few high cards 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z The dark forest of the tale is a farm in rural Indiana, where a little family in a humble dwelling leads a joyless, threadbare life. What if the Thief Who Steals Your Identity Is Your Mom? 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z It makes a certain sense, but as a result, everyday life is joyless. Building Back Better — One Community at a Time 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Ms. Dworman, dancing faster, blurred footwork and fought for her balance in still poses, making the choreography a joyless task. Dance Review: Yanira Castro and Storyboard P at BEAT Festival in Brooklyn 2013-09-15T22:08:52Z Membership of the golf club was highly coveted and employees were forever having to invite their terrifying chief executives over for joyless, tense dinners, cigars and brandy in a desperate attempt to impress them. How TV portrays office culture 2012-10-09T19:00:04Z The instinct is to call this tough, unforgiving and concrete-hard music joyless, but in truth it’s exuberant in its darkness. Chicago Hip-Hop’s Raw Burst of Change 2012-10-07T04:49:05Z Given the nature of the job — peeling back stinking flesh and cutting into rotting brains, intestines and other organs — it’s not exactly surprising that coroners and their ilk are portrayed as joyless. | 'Body of Proof': Feisty Types? Try Looking in the Morgue 2011-03-28T23:02:39Z And if you’re worrying about your friend before you’ve even asked your girlfriend to marry you, I suspect that excluding him from your wedding party may be a joyless result, too. My Friend Won’t Share Her Boyfriend’s Age. Should I Be Worried? 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Unfrozen, confined and isolated on their little platforms, the workers move frequently in unison, a joyless expending of energy that would be more interesting to watch if it were more varied. Review: Setting a Squadron of Joyless Worker Drones to Music 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z But “There Goes Gravity” is an oddly desultory book, often a joyless data dump, padded with long quotations from stale interviews. Books of The Times: Lisa Robinson’s Rock ’n’ Roll Life in ‘There Goes Gravity’ 2014-04-29T20:48:45Z To recap then: she was bore, a boaster and a bully, friendless, joyless, loveless, demanding, controlling, snobbish, racist and mean, even to her own dad. Young Margaret: Love, Life and Letters – TV review 2013-04-29T06:00:19Z Though exciting, the performance was a little joyless. Critic’s Notebook: Exploring Bavaria and the Busoni International Piano Festival 2012-09-07T23:47:51Z The long walks between locations become increasingly joyless, with probing searchlights and loudspeakers blaring ultimatums at anyone falling behind. Robin Hood – review 2013-07-12T18:26:00Z The joyless Clemente sits there while Sofia blows out a birthday candle for him and others dispassionately look on. 'Octubre': Loan shark swimming in obscurity 2011-10-20T20:09:06Z This kind of thing is easy to mock, and there are certainly passages here that seem so clenched and arid and joyless that stifling a snigger is difficult. The Knife: Shaking the Habitual – review 2013-04-04T14:30:01Z A Sad lamp sounds a bit like the naughty step – a joyless place where you sit and think about what you’ve done. Therapy lamps tested: ‘The optical equivalent of freezing cold shower' 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z You could almost take it as a wilfully grotesque screw-you, a knowing parody of what Blur's detractors thought Parklife sounded like, were it not for the fact it seems so self-conscious and joyless. Blur: 21 – review 2012-07-26T14:30:01Z Crass commercialism degrades us all, product placement is a scourge and replacing genuine information with joyless sponcon was a particularly irritating choice in this case. The Best and Worst Moments of the 2020 Emmys 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Preoccupation with effect is preoccupation with the self," Mamet writes, "and it is not only joyless, it is a waste of time ... The underrated genius of Steve Buscemi 2010-09-20T21:01:00Z On sultry July evenings she was serving a joyless salad of arugula on which were placed apple and strawberry slices. Where the Grits Shimmer with Vegan Butter 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z “Where in the Bible was it ordained that the Sabbath should be joyless and grim? Wasn’t there something about God liking flowers? Lilies of the valley?” Review | The timely message in Christopher Buckley’s historical novel 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z On the one hand, Malvolio, the puritanical, self-important steward to the Countess Olivia in Shakespeare’s play, is presented here as a joyless figure who deserves to be made mock of. Theater Review: Tim Crouch’s ‘I, Malvolio,’ at the Duke on 42nd Street 2013-01-15T23:15:07Z Brian still cycles through periods of depression that come on out of nowhere, leaving him low and joyless for weeks or months, which can only be kicked with a new round of medication. Love, sex, Iraq: A roadside bomb won’t kill my marriage 2014-02-02T13:00:00Z Notwithstanding David O. Russell’s “Joy,” a dramedy that stars Jennifer Lawrence as the inventor of the Miracle Mop, it has been a fairly joyless film season. Golden Globe Nods Go to DiCaprio, Iñárritu for ‘Revenant’ 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z But it also confirms our sense that Rioult is a machine too: efficient, impersonal, joyless. 2010-01-21T06:42:00Z “House of Cards” may well be the most joyless show on television. The TV Watch: ‘House of Cards’ Returns, With More Dark Scheming 2014-02-13T13:00:01Z I discard eight giant bin bags full of joyless material. The life-changing horror of extreme tidying: was it a good idea to Marie Kondo my house? 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z This nine-episode series is maddeningly and needlessly opaque, and so deferential to the rites and rituals of the track that the storytelling is labored and even joyless. | 'Luck': ?Luck,? Starring Dustin Hoffman on HBO 2012-01-27T12:00:00Z All it took was a few minutes of obligation, of joyless effort, to keep him pleased, they argued. After giving birth to my first child, I wondered: would I ever want sex again? 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z No doubt my demeanor betrayed that, so much so that one Globe reporter at the time anonymously described the newsroom atmosphere as the “joyless pursuit of excellence.” I’m in ‘Spotlight’, but it’s not really about me. It’s about the power of journalism. 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z This is a pregnancy euphemism for "having lots of joyless, stressful sex", and you should appreciate this euphemism, because pretty much every other detail you hear will be related in bloodied detail. A girl's guide to modern living 2013-04-20T08:00:00Z Still, despite watching the world burn around them, the post-9/11 generation doesn't lead a joyless existence. How 9/11 helped define this generation’s new brand of patriotism 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z A relationship that begins as a short, joyless encounter devoid of affection or eye contact deepens after David invites Marek back. Review: In ‘Eastern Boys,’ a Train-Station Pickup Gone Wrong 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Then the motto became rather joyless: “Stamford, the City That Works.” Treasure Hunting Along the Old Canal 2011-07-07T21:28:24Z After “The Americans” was published, Popular Photography magazine called him “a joyless man who hates the country of his adoption.” Wanting to See Like Robert Frank 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Her crude, joyless sexual encounter with a stranger at a racetrack suggests either a streak of self-loathing or an indifference to her own welfare. | 'Francine': ‘Francine,’ a Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky Film 2012-09-11T21:30:16Z “It could be seen as being a sort of a little bit of a joyless moment in time and it’s good to remember what’s lovely in life,” she said. 'Mary Poppins' return brings world some magic, cast say 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Likewise, do not put pressure on yourself to make the holidays unnecessarily joyless. On navigating the holiday season after loss 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z The joyless progressivism one finds on Twitter is reimagined on the show as a New York City dinner party. "Minx" is a breezy good time reminding the left to reclaim the lost politics of pleasure 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z In its hell-for-leather fashion this works just fine, though there is something dogged – even joyless – about the way it sets about its task. Film review: Centurion 2010-04-22T22:25:00Z If these folks are doing the least, it could be because the events they're working are irredeemably weird or joyless, or their hosts are horrid. The "Party Down" cater waiters are back, but has the now-famous cast outgrown the pink bow ties? 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z In a haunting narration that mingles young Samuel’s naivete and adult Samuel’s regret, we watch as the siblings draw him away from his own joyless home into escapades exciting and sinister. With ‘The Nix,’ Nathan Hill announces himself as a major new comic novelist 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Her unhappy road from joyless servitude as a stenographer to a loveless marriage to death in the electric chair is paved by a steamroller society that flattens its female inhabitants. Women Set London’s Stages Ablaze 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Maybe he could explain why this celebration of friendship feels so sour and joyless. Television Review: CBS’s ‘Partners’ From David Kohan and Max Mutchnick 2012-09-23T21:48:54Z That was the point, presumably, but the romance Ms. Czernowin describes is oddly joyless. Music Review: Red Light New Music Plays Christopher Cerrone - Review 2011-10-08T00:56:13Z He proposed various magical remedies to lift it – often invoking the power of the planet and goddess Venus to bring joy to the joyless. D?rer's Melencolia I ? a masterpiece, and a diagnosis 2011-03-18T10:52:50Z In the end, the film is "a joyless, surpassingly dour enterprise, but one that fulfills its mission." 'Mockingjay -- Part 1' is stretched thin but holds, reviews say 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z "Her Smell," however, is too joyless and tense an endeavor, the musical interludes too brief and uninspired to sustain the posturing darkness that surrounds them. "Her Smell": Elisabeth Moss can't save this humorless, grunge-era "Spinal Tap" knockoff 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z This is not to say that the way I thought of Calcutta was joyless; in fact, my sense of the commonplace aspects of its petit bourgeois life was fundamentally joyful. Amit Chaudhuri: my new perspective on Calcutta 2013-02-02T07:01:14Z He succeeds in showing how much work goes into being not just good but great, and much of it joyless. “Whiplash” confirms what this drummer already knew: Jazz is full of arrogant, sadistic jerks 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z “The man put away everything from foie gras to a Wendy’s single with the joyless efficiency of a 12-year-old,” she notes. Are Creative Types Inherently Wicked? Ask Tom Bissell. 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Fort Belichick is “a paranoid and joyless place,” we are told, run by “a mumbling control freak” and an increasingly distracted owner. Is America’s Most Popular Sport Under Siege? 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z But what’s even worse is that while the awards seem to believe they’re punching up at a broken system, this joyless awards show only continues to punch down at all the wrong targets. The Razzies aren’t fun anymore: The snarky answer to the Oscars has become a pointless, tone-deaf, self-important sham 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Considering how often progressives are portrayed as joyless scolds, this is a message that needs to get out more. A Professional Troublemaker’s Guide for Young Activists 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z As it cycles through a few descending piano chords over a hip-hop backbeat, Parks sings about someone named Mary who’s joyless, isolated and deeply depressed. Arlo Parks Offers Solace Without Illusions on Her Debut Album 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z There they engage in a joyless and graphic sex marathon that seems to light a flickering spark of something close to hope. Bliss goes seriously amiss in 'You're the Worst,' 'Married' 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z At first glance, banning Christmas celebrations might seem like a natural extension of a stereotype of the Puritans as joyless and humorless that persists to this day. Why the Puritans cracked down on celebrating Christmas 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z Spending time browsing here was among my most dismal shopping experiences in recent memory: joyless, arbitrary, spiritually empty. The Amazon Warehouse Comes to SoHo 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z They settled in for a joyless 10 days of putting food in their mouths and then swallowing it — “eating” would be the wrong word for it, because eating is a pleasure. What it’s like to suffer from the coronavirus’s weirdest symptom 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z I could count 3,000 words, but they were faltering, joyless drivel. Writing a book isn't supposed to be fun 2013-03-28T11:04:05Z And that terrible Smiths song is banned on account of it being joyless and embarrassing. Readers recommend songs about vegetables 2010-09-23T23:00:00Z Many on the receiving end find his reviews petty, personal, mean-spirited, and joyless, and discern between the lines an antipathy toward chefs and fine dining, and downright disregard for the rigors of their work. New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells reviewed my book; now I know why so many chefs hate him 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z It would be as drab and joyless as a world without cake. Bake Off at 10: the greatest moments from the nine series so far 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z It's a rare example of reality television that genuinely reflects reality, rather than Hollywood's dystopic views of divorced and widowed empty nesters marching inexorably toward isolated, joyless futures. Betty White's Triumph 2010-04-22T18:34:00Z It's hard to tell whether Paul's joyless existence rubs off on Jenny or hers on him or if they bring equal amounts of misery to the equation. Sundance film festival 2013: Touchy Feely – first look review 2013-01-22T12:04:53Z It’s a vigorous, studied, and accomplished performance but a joyless one, a performance that is musical only in the moments when she’s singing. Nina Simone and the Clichés of the Musical Bio-Pic 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z One of the more disappointing aspects of the season has been that so much of it was joyless. The TV Watch: Don Draper and Associates Wrap Up Season 6 2013-06-24T16:26:28Z All the other characters are pretty keen to tell Claire to lighten up, correct her, or just make her look like a joyless, compassionless drone. 'Jurassic World' battles sexism claims, in heels 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Your happiness and thank-you notes were the mental food that kept me going in my dark and joyless world. A letter to… my psychiatrist, who exploits me 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z From the joyless frenzy of its opening number — which rhymes “velvet rope” with “grind and grope” — “This Ain’t No Disco” wears its retributive grimness like a suffocating, Lycra spandex shroud. Review: A Dirge for Wilting Salad Days in ‘This Ain’t No Disco’ 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z The post-traumatic stress is like being locked in this excruciatingly joyless place. Gabrielle Union on Sexual Assault, Raising Black Sons and Her Move to Chicago 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z My son Billy started learning the violin when he was five, and I quickly realised we both wanted more than the driven, joyless world of grades, exams and auditions that seemed to lie inexorably ahead. Fiddler on the yoof ? My son the 12-year-old fiddle prodigy 2011-03-31T22:00:00Z The Bond franchise was looking lost in the grim and joyless new “war on terror”-era, and this movie featured the worst gadget in the history of 007: an invisible car. James Bond on film – ranked! 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z It’s an unattractive and joyless film, seemingly for no one. From tragic to magic: what's the best Disney remake so far? 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z Abarca-Mitchell, 70, spent her childhood in joyless ballet classes but never saw an actual performance until she was 17 at the invitation of Mitchell, her new teacher. Five Pioneering Black Ballerinas: ‘We Have to Have a Voice’ 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z It could have been a juicy part, but instead, it's joyless. The worst film performances of 2021 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z On my most recent outing – a joyless slog through Islington and Hackney – I had to bully my legs almost 6,000 times. ‘There is a thrill to seeing your stomach getting flatter’: why I run 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z Could there be a more joyless jukebox musical? The 18 most memorable movies of 2018 — for better and for worse 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Insofar as censorship ever makes for sound cultural policy, the reasons for blocking “Comrades,” a star-driven romantic comedy about two Chinese migrants who venture to Hong Kong and the United States, seem especially joyless. The Melancholy Pop Idol Who Haunts China 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z I’d conceived our ascetic desert romp not out of some joyless parental imperiousness, but because in California’s great nothingness I saw a path into the sublime. In California Desert, Father and Daughter Find the Sublime 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Now it seems that Lionsgate Films is willing to, for lack of a better word, inflict us all with more slow, joyless romance and extreme close-ups of eyes and mouths. Sorry, folks, but you may be getting another “Twilight” movie 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z I still think Pendulum are joyless, witless and grindingly dull, but the more I think about them the more I find something almost perfect in their ability to annoy me and the people I know. Pendulum are the sound of youth ? just not mine 2010-06-03T10:41:00Z Coming from this comfortably joyless guy, that’s not meant as an accusation but as a mark of common feeling and fellow humanity. Theater Review: ?Title and Deed,? by Will Eno, With Conor Lovett 2012-05-21T02:00:00Z It’s not a moment played for laughs or dark humor; indeed, the set is strangely devoid of any levity at all as Eminem performs with a nearly joyless, workmanlike focus. Lollapalooza Day 2: Rain, retro and Eminem 2011-08-07T06:50:00Z Members of the so-called Bureau of Elder Statesmen, they seem to embody in their joyless miens all the proscriptive austerity of Neo-Confucianism itself. Art Review: Refined Restraint in ‘Treasures from Korea,’ in Philadelphia 2014-03-20T12:00:02Z In such a joyless, dangerous childhood, Abdul discovers a passion and talent for dance that, initially at least, proves cathartic. The Kid by Sapphire ? review 2011-08-19T11:15:01Z Soulless, joyless and depressingly graceless, “Alien Girl” plays like an early Guy Ritchie knockoff without the jokes or Cockney accents. Russian Gangsters Run Amok 2010-12-17T05:43:01Z Of all recent screen villains, he may be the iciest and most joyless, in fact, and that, even more than his violence, is what makes him so frightening. ‘Black Mass’ Resurrects Boston’s Long Memories of Whitey Bulger 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Billie Piper remains the only decent thing about it, but the endless zany editing and the fact that it's hard to like or care about a single character makes it something of a joyless slog. Tonight's TV highlights: A Farmer's Life For Me 2011-02-01T00:05:01Z But the limitations of verse-chorus cycles are becoming apparent on your recent records, giving them a vaguely joyless sheen, and I fear it may be a case of good girl gone fembot. An Open Letter to Rihanna: Please Use More Words 2012-10-18T12:00:15Z To go from Ivan Lendl plying his joyless trade to watching Steffi Graf play was like seeing the covers coming off after a rain delay had somehow assumed human form. Game, set and spats… a grand slam of tennis movies 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z Those who lose their sense of smell or taste need not resign themselves to a lifetime of joyless eating. What it’s like to suffer from the coronavirus’s weirdest symptom 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Writing in the Village Voice, Andrew Sarris found it “an ugly, joyless movie” despite dialogue “worthy of Restoration Comedy.” In Andy Warhol’s ‘My Hustler,’ Love Is for Sale 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z There's not much to recommend on the production side either, which just amplifies the joyless experience. Despair all ye who board the joyless "Train to Busan" sequel, where even the zombies feel generic 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z This is not to imply that season four is joyless. Dark times ahead in Litchfield: “Orange Is the New Black” returns with its most challenging season yet 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Has something changed, or are the “free-from” advocates taking us for an expensive – and rather joyless – ride? Leave it out: are food intolerances fact or fad? 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z It is unfair, and joyless, and sad, and, if it’s the reason your mother’s so negative, it’s also not about you. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Don’t fight negative energy. Neutralize it. 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z It’s joyless, anxious and grim, which means it’s both a typical Metallica album and an accurate reading of the national mood. Metallica does its best Metallica impression on ‘Hardwired’ 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z These are faux pas, and so is the airless, joyless production — it is as sonically uncommitted as it is apathetic. Kendrick Lamar, Mortal Icon 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z The spinach chutney is a little joyless, but the inky purée of eggplant sweetened with dates is a terrific idea. A Chef Draws a Map of the World, With Africa at the Center 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Frank, the magazine said, was “a joyless man who hates the country of his adoption.” Robert Frank Dies; Pivotal Documentary Photographer Was 94 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z “I didn’t look good enough in these to pay that for them,” a 40-ish woman exiting a dressing room said, with a joyless giggle. Critical Shopper: Agent Provocateur, Selling Kink on Madison Avenue 2011-02-23T19:49:37Z Nocturnal Animals now starts flicking between Susan’s sedate, joyless life in Los Angeles and a pulse-racing crime thriller that plays out in her head as she reads Edward’s book. Tom Ford: ‘I wore a suit on set. It's a uniform… I feel weak in trainers’ 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z Gone is the skeletal villain Rasputin and his magical spells against Anya; instead we have the faceless, joyless communist regime, which makes the deposed dynasty look so romantic that — ah, forget about it. Perspective | If you’ve seen one princess fairy tale, you know what to expect with ‘Anastasia’ 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z It’s also a surprisingly joyless production, lacking the stylistic and emotional flair to deliver even on the cheesy, feel-good promise of the setup. ‘Abe’ Review: Food and Family, but No Fun 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z This brave follow-up is even more uncomfortable and less narrative-driven, as a well-to-do family's get-together in the Scilly Isles turns into a slow, sparse drip of resentments, silences, joyless activities and blithe snobbery. This week's new films 2011-03-05T00:07:29Z Many want to change their relationship to alcohol, but they recoil at the prospect of self-flagellating, before submitting to a joyless life. Quitting alcohol: 'The joyless vision of sobriety couldn’t have been further from the truth' 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z In another, she describes an awkward, attempted sexual encounter with the writer Arthur Koestler as a “miserable, joyless episode.” The Talented Patricia Highsmith’s Private Diaries Are Going Public 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z In Massachusetts, a faceless and joyless announcer will begin the Mass Ca$h draughering by identifying himself simply as Jim, his anonymity seemingly guided by a whiff of puritanism. Watching Lottery Drawings in an Age of Plutocracy 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z If you think institutional critique is a joyless enterprise, two heart-stopping shows by this Cypriot artist reveal the romance in mining the museum. Best Art of 2019 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z She’s appalled by the “solitary, joyless rectitude” of another enslaved Trojan who insists on covertly burying Priam and performing funeral rites at the grave. Review | Pat Barker’s ‘The Women of Troy’ continues her brilliant reassessment of the Trojan War 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z As hot as molten rock, it emerged from its foil bag gray and joyless and horrifyingly damp. What dangers lurk in your stadium food? 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z This film is joyless, passionless, humourless, incurious about real people's real lives. The Smell of Us review: Larry Clark's passionless voyeur flick 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z He was distant and joyless and bafflingly uncurious about his children's lives. Pater Familiar: Watching Andrew Cuomo's pandemic briefings finally let me grieve my father 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z But this is an oddly joyless work and an often inhuman one. Identity Crisis: Theater Productions That Refuse to Be Theater 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z I can sense the shaming, criticism and condescension coming my way, let me be clear: I am not a joyless person. How Donald Trump ruined Christmas: I won't celebrate this year, and he's why 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z Overly sombre and self-important, it does at least attempt to explore what it would entail for a life to be defined by the joyless pursuit of emotionless sex. Are you a female movie character? Are you promiscuous? Things won’t end well for you … 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z The joyless gluttony of fallen romantics feels pretty timely at the moment, particularly when kingdoms seem likely to rise and fall based on their whims. Riff: The Bleak ?Game of Thrones? Needs More Light 2011-04-17T03:00:17Z "Then it's joyless to just draw it. You lose the spontaneity of it. Nothing weird ever appears." Daniel Clowes is looking for a role model in comics (sort of) 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z They go through positions of joyless intimacy, groin to groin or head to groin, frequently with legs parted, with one or the other sometimes upside down. Dance Review: David Wampach’s ‘Sacre,’ at the Invisible Dog Art Center 2013-01-11T23:38:14Z A joyless retread of Last Friday Night, Katy Perry's paean to alcoholism, amnesia and low-level criminality. Walls, A*M*E, All Dom Wrong: this week's new tracks 2013-07-12T12:00:00Z Trapped in what felt like an everlasting loop, one day indistinguishable from the next, some experts labeled the collective feeling of joyless aimlessness. The Year in Limbo 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z “Especially if it’s not based in any, um —” he gave a soft, joyless laugh — “if it’s not based in any reality.” Tom Hiddleston on ‘Betrayal’ and the Art of Self-Protection 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Written about his sister and brother-in-law, “The River” recounts a teen-age pregnancy, a joyless wedding, a broken economy, and a gray life. Springsteen’s Most Anxious Album 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z This is such a joyless retread of Olympus Has Fallen that I barely even have it in me to keep going any more. White House Down trailer: we've seen this somewhere before, surely? 2013-05-07T12:15:18Z Like Masha in “The Seagull,” the young Vera, an orphan who lives with Natalya’s family, sees her options in life for what they are and resigns herself to a joyless marriage. In Russian Plays, Don’t Mention the War 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z But Snyder's joyless film, laden as if composed of the stuff of its hero's metallic nickname, has nothing soaring about it. Review: The laden 'Man of Steel' doesn't soar 2013-06-11T14:50:10Z One of life’s great gifts is the need to eat, so don’t squander it with mindless, joyless consumption. Forget government guidelines. Here’s how to eat better, in 6 easy steps. 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z By the second act, this almost joyless post-punk gangster show is a brutal grind. Updated ‘Oliver!’ goes a bridge too far 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Although these friends have some fun horsing around in the water, their conflicts and rivalries make for a tense, joyless holiday that is anything but relaxing. Movie Review: ‘Little White Lies,’ From Guillaume Canet, With Jean Dujardin 2012-08-23T21:35:51Z This summer, though, has so far largely been a parade of joyless bombast. Movie Review: In ‘Pacific Rim,’ Pilots Inside Robots Face Alien Invaders 2013-07-11T12:00:01Z Layering bland stomps like Everybody's on the Run and The Death of You and Me with acoustic Oasis numbers, it's a joyless affair that only comes to life when Gallagher dedicates Supersonic to Mo Farah. The V festival, day one – review 2012-08-19T13:15:31Z The film opens with a chorus of joyless, dazed, bow-tied inmates singing “Strike Up the Band” in a nightmarish variety show with the guards. Turning ‘a Nightmare of Ghoulish Obscenities’ Into a Ballet 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z I’m making it sound like a joyless chore: eat your greens, see your friends. How to win friends – and keep them 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z But sometimes it's not, like when they split the first series of Glee in half and made US viewers wait four joyless months for part two. The Beauty of Maps 2010-04-19T05:45:00Z Her mother, in particular, is a joyless hag. Book review: ‘The Boston Girl,’ by Anita Diamant 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z At the time, I was busily cheering on the new cult of animal-flesh worship that was burying the joyless orthodoxy of the low-fat diet beneath slabs of pork belly. Restaurant Review: El Rey Coffee Bar & Luncheonette on the Lower East Side 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z "The Last Airbender" - A joyless, soulless, muddled mess, but the worst part of all doesn't come until the very end. Capsule reviews: `Eclipse' and others 2010-06-30T22:17:00Z A joyless incursion into the most razzle-dazzle edge of Twyla Tharp territory, the dance is one of Mr. Rhoden’s crowd pleasers. Dance Review: Complexions Contemporary Ballet at the Joyce - Review 2011-11-23T00:17:41Z Each time Patty goes on a binge, the camera homes in on her mouth as she shoves food in it, in a way that seems both joyless and fetishistic. Insatiable: how offensive is Netflix's controversial new comedy? 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z It's set behind the scenes at the joyless, wildly stressed Steinberg-Howard nuptials, in a fancy-schmancy New York hotel catering to wedding parties on the verge of hysteria. 'Shoulda Been You': Wedding farce needs more new, less borrowed 2012-03-23T22:29:05Z I did find it a little bit of a joyless response at the time. Derren Brown: 'I'm being honest about my dishonesty' 2010-10-18T06:59:00Z Mr. Baker’s broad-brush portrait of such musicians as alienated, downtrodden, joyless automatons, however it may apply to his assessment of El Sistema, was simply not one I recognized. ‘El Sistema: Orchestrating Venezuela’s Youth,’ by Geoffrey Baker 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Omar is joyless, practically sleepwalking through life in an environment that is dismal and dreary. "Limbo" will break your heart with the whimsical yet agonizing in-between life of refugees 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z “He’d click in a joyless trance, in the hope that some body, any body, would wake him up.” ‘Neon in Daylight’ Lights Up Ambivalence With Shades of Didion and Others 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z For some inexplicable reason, not quite clear to me even now, I tolerated this peculiar, joyless relationship. Shirley Manson: The First Time I Cut Myself 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z His fashion profile was rising, but it was a joyless ascension. Desi Santiago Is an Artist in the Moment 2012-03-28T21:01:45Z This report is at once joyless and opportunistic. Homer Simpson isn't a positive role model for kids? Eat my shorts… 2013-06-15T23:05:26Z Working with a highly accomplished design team led by Anthony Ward, Mr. Mendes has created a vast and elaborately detailed canvas depicting a joyless land warped by martial tyranny and civil war. Theater Review: ‘King Lear’ on an Epic Scale, Starring Simon Russell Beale 2014-01-26T22:47:10Z Elisabeth is a new mom — a writer and a reluctant suburbanite, recently transplanted upstate from Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn — whose narrative voice is characterized by an unflagging snobbishness and a somewhat joyless, acerbic outlook. A Babysitter, Her Employer and $46 Hand Soap 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Yet it's a rather prim and chilly experience, not joyless exactly – the end is an exquisite delight – but detached, uninvolving and played at the same subdued level throughout. A Magic Flute ? review 2011-03-24T12:15:30Z It was short and goofy and most of all it looked like fun, in contrast to the largely joyless and desultory intros that preceded it. The Best and Worst of the Golden Globes 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z But the joke is always on its enemies when they end up speaking for a vision of a cultureless, mindless, joyless Britain and chant the slogan "no art here, thanks!" Public art? Not in my back yard | Jonathan Jones 2010-03-24T17:00:00Z For Bradshaw, these are not only misguided and cruel, but joyless. In Defence of Dogs by John Bradshaw ? review 2011-07-08T21:56:01Z I like the idea, but it feels a little joyless. ‘Making the Cut’ Is New, but the Pattern Is Familiar 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z It’s those values, and “Fallen Kingdom’s” grim embodiment of them, that made watching it such a joyless and finally infuriating experience. Perspective | I don’t root for movies to fail. But here’s why I’m making an exception for ‘Jurassic World.’ 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Muting the joyless noise You’re probably familiar with the vacuous soundtrack of joylessness, and are perhaps no stranger to cowardice. Former drunks make unstoppable runners 2013-01-06T14:00:00Z Ruth Graham of Slate writes, “it’s the kind of swath-yourself-in-bubble-wrap thinking that has turned modern pregnancy into a nine-month slog of joyless paranoia.” Birth control for everyone: Instead of scolding about alcohol, the feds should promote contraception for everyone 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z The wonderful if dark human comedy in this biography aside, Mr. Carey takes Golding’s fiction very seriously indeed, and vigorously defends him against criticisms that it was pretentious and joyless. Books of The Times: ?William Golding,? the Lighter Side, by John Carey 2010-07-06T23:03:00Z When that one is Olympus Has Fallen – the lumpen, joyless, po-faced Gerard Butler flick that has only just come out – it's worse. White House Down trailer: we've seen this somewhere before, surely? 2013-05-07T12:15:18Z In time, that film took on a reputation as a joyless document of the band’s collapse, and later testimony from members of the Beatles seemed to buttress that view. Know How the Beatles Ended? Peter Jackson May Change Your Mind. 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z The writing here is joyless and rushed, like a hangover doom-scroll. L.A. tech reporter Taylor Lorenz falls down the influencer rabbit hole 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z He didn't get much in the way of service, no chances, lots of uncertainty in his game, just a bit of a joyless grind against a backdrop of an impatient stadium. Pulsating Ibrox induction offers hope for new-look Rangers 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z What’s on-screen too often feels like wan, second-rate imitation, and the few differences seem motivated less by a spirit of imagination than one of joyless anxiety. Review: Halle Bailey makes a lovely ‘Little Mermaid,’ but this remake is less than shipshape 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z “I don’t know if that speaks to a belief that this will be a joyless campaign re-election effort or if it’s something else.” Biden Campaign, Barely in Gear, Inches Toward 2024 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z My colleagues considered Mr Johnson's existence joyless, so his life is clearly not for everyone. The tech entrepreneur betting he can get younger 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Liverpool, in this mediocre and mostly joyless season, were still able to rouse themselves to beat City 1-0 in a thunderous Anfield encounter last October. 'Gap between Man City and Liverpool now a chasm' 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z Reacting to the news on social media fans described the decision as "joyless" and "boring", while one warned it would only encourage supporters to "organise something that will cause you a bigger headache". Grimsby Town fan favourite Harry Haddock banned from FA Cup tie 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Each of Argentina’s victories here has been tedious and joyless as the team struggles to get Lionel Messi the one prize he’s missing, a World Cup title. 'That’s how we do things': Brazil isn't sorry for dancing into World Cup quarterfinals 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z I found myself sympathizing with the old me, who’d stuffed her closet with joyless “just in case” clothes, insurance policies against being unprepared. Dressing Up 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z Senators tick off a litany of frustrations: Their constituents are difficult, the travel is grueling, fund-raising is joyless and omnipresent, the threat of primaries is a pain and they are constantly pestered by the press. What’s the Matter With the Senate? 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z But maybe this writer is just a joyless nag: Everyone, band and jazz nerds included, clearly enjoyed themselves. Review | At Petworth jazz show, Lenny Robinson and friends match a joyful noise 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z “My feeling about efficiency is that it’s often presented in a joyless way,” she says. A Greek salad with couscous and lentils maximizes efficiency — and joy 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z And he found the place he thought was the most joyless, soulless part of his native city — K Street. Perspective | After years of ‘Good Mornings’ on K Street, Larry Tutt bids farewell 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Ra chases away the joyless with brightness that aches when it dims. May the ghost of Sun Ra return to lift the 50-year curse he cast on Los Angeles 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z The joyless state started when Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 presidential election. ‘A stranger in my country’ sentiment widespread, bipartisan 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Instead, she is doing the opposite, reaching into your business to try to change who you are and what you do in a joyless — and, always, self-defeating — act of protection. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Girlfriend thinks hugging other women is ‘inappropriate’ 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Instead, it is possible to detect a widespread sense of nervousness that the second quarter of the 21st Century could be more joyless for Australians than the first. How Australia became the anxious country 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z Some trooped reluctantly to polling stations solely to stop Le Pen, casting joyless votes for Macron. Macron vs Le Pen in French presidential election runoff 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z To be certain, the left has its own haphazard "boycotts" that never amount to anything but self-righteous and often joyless posturing on social media. Boycotting Disney and Oreos: The red flags that MAGA is a cult 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z “Liberals are joyless nags. Now we know why,” the publisher summed up in advance notes. ‘A stranger in my country’ sentiment widespread, bipartisan 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Why punish him with the “fun” of a joyless, no-win interrogation? Judge John Hodgman on Birthday Surprises 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Gold medalist Anna Shcherbakova, holding a stuffed toy, wandered about alone, joyless, as her entourage focused on other skaters. Opinion | Russian Olympic abuses keep happening. When will child athletes be protected? 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z The joyless situation away from competing - isolating in hotel rooms with no social interactions - will be a valuable experience with these Olympics in mind, but the Scottish rink suffered. Muirhead targets elusive curling gold 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z On "Pod Save America" this week, host Jon Lovett complained about the "grim and joyless aspect" of progressive politics and warns "nobody wants to become part of a sour and sanctimonious movement." Stop feeding Joe Rogan's trolls: Progressives must reclaim the politics of pleasure 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z We tend to agree with The Post’s Robin Givhan’s assessment of the pick as “joyless.” Opinion | ‘Commanders’ may not be that exciting, but it represents progress worth celebrating 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z As he spends more time with her, Jake realizes his dad’s joyless, paranoid way of riding out the apocalypse isn’t the only way to go. Review: 'Last Survivors' boasts Montana scenery and nuanced performance by Alicia Silverstone 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z They are cool ciphers, pleasure-seeking but joyless, wandering into a metaphysical abyss more than searching for meaning. Monica Vitti, multifaceted actress who symbolized Italian mystique, dies at 90 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z The new name for Washington’s football team is joyless. Perspective | Hail to the joyless: Washington’s new brand forgets that football is fun 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z The march to Bonds’s record-breaking shot had largely been joyless and tense, marked more by the questions about how he became so prolific than any celebration of the accomplishment. Perspective | Is Barry Bonds’s Hall of Fame banishment a tragedy or a shame? How about both? 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z So here we are with a joyless Games before the cauldron has even been lit. Perspective | Olympic athletes are truly special. The IOC pawns them for whatever value it can get. 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z His biographer Andrew Gimson has called him the “Merry England PM” who depicts his opponents as joyless puritans. Has rule-breaker Boris Johnson met his match in ‘partygate’? 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Lee’s victory brought light and life to a stripped-down, often joyless Olympics. The year of recovery and renewal: A 2021 timeline 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z In the midst of a joyless season, the Seahawks finally found their happy place. The Seahawks’ win likely won’t save their season, but it sure was entertaining 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z They say comparison is the thief of joy, and there’s no doubt that comparing this town’s two preeminent football programs will leave one joyless. Disappointing Seahawks losses becoming too familiar for fans during a tough time in Seattle sports 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Frequently, his programme notes extended to no more than three or four paragraphs and his face-to-face media conferences were rather joyless due to his preference not to talk about individuals or tactics. 'Sacked for delivering Nuno-type football' 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z So joyless for others was the tally that just two of those scores had been touchdowns. Georgia’s defense actually gave up two touchdowns — not that it mattered 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Roxane Gay, in a Times opinion column, noted “five or six lucid moments of brilliance” in a special that includes “a joyless tirade of incoherent and seething rage, misogyny, homophobia and transphobia.” Netflix Loses Its Glow as Critics Target Chappelle Special 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Brady returned as a reigning Super Bowl champion with the Buccaneers, after he won six Super Bowl titles with Belichick over two dynastic — but often controversial and sometimes joyless — decades with the Patriots. In his return to New England, Tom Brady adds to the Patriots’ early-season woes 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z Purposefully keeping your expectations low is a joyless way to approach a situation, and I would never recommend it, even after what happened. My Accidental Visit to the Pandemic’s Party Capital 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z That was key to the slog through long days, tight deadlines and an Olympics that often felt sterile and joyless. Unique Tokyo Olympics offered plenty of cherished and strange moments 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z There was another film with a virtually identical setup, several of the same characters and actors, and nearly the same title in 2016: David Ayer’s terrible, joyless “Suicide Squad.” 12 summer movies that just might get you off the couch and into the theater 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Huge summer for Levy and Spurs after a grim and joyless season. Who impressed and who fell short? 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z But fail to do that and Arsenal will find themselves facing the prospect of a joyless campaign. Arsenal v Slavia Prague: Europa League quarter-final – live! 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z There’d be a drive-in big screen, of course, showing clips from this year’s major movies, and the dark and joyless little films that Hollywood seems taken with lately. Pull your car into the first drive-through Oscars. Honk! Honk! 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z In an epic rant last week, Mississippi State Coach Mike Leach called the season “joyless.” Perspective | The College Football Playoff is set. Whether it was worth it depends on whom you ask. 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z In writerly circles in the US, she has found herself feeling “almost guilty”, and wonders how much the idea of the writer as the product of a joyless childhood is a western thing. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ‘America under Trump felt like a personal loss' 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z I was a newspaper reporter, sitting in the convention hall during the joyless meeting’s final night when the band struck up “Happy Days.” Column: I couldn't stand 'Happy Days Are Here Again.' Then Biden and Harris were elected 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Instead, a joyless Davies was deserted that day. Miss the ecstasy and extravagance of Mahler's Eighth? You're not alone 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z A bold restatement of core values following her 90s dalliances with the left field; a perfect pop-disco nugget, a single only the terminally joyless could fail to enjoy. Kylie's 30 greatest singles – ranked! 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z It may seem joyless to state these things so baldly on the verge of the club’s greatest game. PSG face their moment knowing they have already won the cynical long game | Barney Ronay 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z Her strict, defensive quality, reinforced by a staunch sense of moral superiority, did her great damage at times, crippling her efforts to produce universal health care and rendering her presidential campaign a joyless death march. Review | Hillary Clinton, America’s scapegoat 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z In the UK, the Conservatives have been in power for 10 joyless years of division and austerity. Young people have plenty to protest about. No wonder they're raving again | Sheryl Garratt 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z A world in which goalposts are frequently disinfected and journalists must wear masks seems thoroughly joyless, sterile, depressing, lonely and, well, inhuman. Physical distancing and Pogba – what Guardian football writers are looking forward to 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Do not fret over what you might fear as the joyless spectacle of tens of thousands of empty seats. Better baseball on TV: What MLB can learn from 'Bachelor' and 'Millionaire' 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z A few holes later, Kostis suggests that Tiger’s joyless countenance is indicative that he was “not handling the frustration as well as he has in the past.” A sweet-swinging champ and (an injured) Tiger at the height of his powers highlight the 2008 Masters - Golf Digest 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z She has posted videos of her surfing, taking part in push-up contests, and working out in the gym, yet for all that she has run a strangely joyless campaign. Tulsi Gabbard's unique campaign brought people together – but looks to be coming apart 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z "In the face of so much good news about lots of stuff, they appeared as joyless as a boarded-up liquor store," Gutfeld said. Greg Gutfeld says Trump has 'Category 5 Hurricane' at his back after impeachment victory 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Completing the mini-run of joyless Christmases, here’s the most joyless of all – when the only way to pay for Christmas is to rob and deal and kill. The 50 greatest Christmas songs – ranked! 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Mrs. Trump’s theme for this year’s White House display is “The Spirit of America,” which The Daily Beast’s Alaina Demopoulos called “joyless” and “the most sterile” of the first lady’s three attempts at holiday decorating. Marco Rubio slams ‘deranged criticism’ of Melania Trump’s Christmas theme 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Rotating the dial is a joyless experience, lacking any kind of friction or tactile feedback... but you can’t expect more at this price. Ikea’s inexpensive Sonos remote control is worth every penny 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Lose, and the Bruins are essentially right back where they started before an epic 67-63 victory over Washington State spared them more tough questions and another joyless week of practice. UCLA wants to continue that winning feeling against Arizona 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Finding writing to be “a solitary, joyless occupation,” he sought escape through mountaineering, boxing, poker and aviation, then drew on his hobbies for articles in the New Yorker and several books of nonfiction. Al Alvarez, British critic and author who championed poetry and poker, dies at 90 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z ‘A wart-covered picture of America by a joyless man,” wrote the photographer and critic Minor White. Farewell, Robert Frank, a true American revolutionary | Kenan Malik 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z Popular Photography magazine called it “a wart-covered picture of America by a joyless man.” Robert Frank, influential photographer who captured ‘The Americans,’ dies at 94 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Amid the joyless captivity of the nursing home, belief in his card-playing expertise is one of Weller’s few remaining pillars of self-respect, and he loses more of it with each defeat. Review: At Theatricum Botanicum, two fine actors remind us why 'The Gin Game' won a Pulitzer 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z He made their participation in political life joyless. Opinion | The Republicans Are Dropping Like Flies 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z He has even begun posing for selfies — by now a staple of the presidential campaign trail — a task Sanders conducts with the joyless precision of a worker manning an assembly line. Bernie Sanders hasn't changed. Is that his strength or a weakness? 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z With new life, with the opportunity to close their Oakland tenure the right way, with an understanding of how bad a possible joyless goodbye felt, the fans will create an insane atmosphere in Game 6. Perspective | From Durant to Drake, ornery owner to cheap cheers, NBA Finals have drama all wrong 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z And, yet, the whole affair felt tawdry and cheap, joyless and stilted beyond the usual norms of pomp and circumstance. Opinion | Trump’s royal visit to the U.K. proves money can’t buy you class 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z The title story of “Rock, Paper, Scissors” is set in a “small town, Central Russia, away from railways and the highway,” a place with “a joyless Central Russian sort of beauty.” A Village Doctor’s Literary Calling 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Until then, it’s our joyless duty as grownups to steer them, and we’d appreciate any help Disney is willing to give. It’s right to save our children from Dumbo and this song of slavery | Ellen E Jones 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z So many of their last 82 games were billed as uncharacteristically joyless, but Golden State is 32-6 in the playoffs since adding Durant. In an Unforgettable N.B.A. Season, the Playoffs Could Serve as Prologue 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z Cairo itself seems a noisy but somewhat joyless city, where half-filled tourist boats ply the Nile and Egyptians seem united, above all, in resenting the United States. Opinion | The story of a private-equity fund shows how a U.S.-Egypt reset could begin 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z This is two-fisted pulp, with a grim vision of the world as a joyless place, populated by predators. Reviews: Indie ‘No Alternative’ dives into the ’90s, Olivia Wilde is ‘A Vigilante’ and more 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z The alternative, however, is a slow death by 810 passes and that is a fairly joyless experience too. Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z But she has long presented an alternative to the often joyless training environment that has become associated with the elite levels of the sport. How a Ballet Dancer Brought Balance to U.C.L.A. Gymnastics 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z I’ve always liked Valentine’s Day, and believe men who dismiss it as commercialised nonsense are joyless tightwads. Confused? Here’s my guide to Valentine’s Day in the #MeToo era | Max Liu 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Newcastle’s manager may well need to see a bit more ambition before he decides to extend his contract and stay at a club whose vast potential continues to be quashed by a joyless ownership. Wolves v Newcastle United: Premier League – live! 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Outside New England, the view of the Patriots is considerably different with fans labeled as smug while age-defying quarterback Brady is accused of being fake and coach Bill Belichick a grim-faced, joyless tactician. When it comes to the Patriots not everyone loves a winner 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z As an exercise in actorly transformation, joyless determination and uncompromising tone, this procedural whodunit set in the city’s seediest precincts and arid, desolate outer reaches can’t help but inspire admiration. Review | Even Nicole Kidman can’t save ‘Destroyer’ from itself 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z That is why Trump looks so joyless, so grim. Opinion | Trump is terrified of the far-right echo chamber 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Locksley explained Thursday that Saban’s famed “process,” which insists on almost inhuman consistency and can appear joyless to outsiders, is the perfect tonic for the midcareer coach who may have lost his way. Nick Saban’s Side Job: Rehabbing Careers 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z The plan 5pm Gift amnesties or budget caps are sensible – none of us need more body lotion – but joyless. How to survive Christmas… one step at a time 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z If the lay behid the Belgian continues to be as stodgy, he’s in for a joyless day. Valencia v Manchester United: Champions League – live! 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z By the third quarter, when the Wizards were down, 75-65 — the fourth straight game in which they’ve trailed by double figures — the joyless atmosphere became too much for one Wizards fan. Analysis | Have the Wizards turned a corner? This homestand should provide an answer. 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z The days of stale, joyless hockey were about to end. Kings' problems are far deeper than John Stevens' shortcomings as a coach - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z The problem with the Wizards’ situation is how joyless the experience has become. Perspective | The Wizards were supposed to be building something. It’s time to tear it down. 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z In retrospect, my piece was deeply colored by one woman’s account on the website Babe.net of a joyless and coercive sexual experience with Aziz Ansari, which the media would eventually call a “bad date.” Opinion | ‘This Moment Turned Out to Be Fleeting’ 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z No, these jokeless and joyless enemies saw those traditions as part of what Senator Cory Booker, the New Jersey Democrat, would subsequently refer to as a “toxic culture” and “pernicious patriarchy.” Opinion | Brett Kavanaugh Loves His Beer 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Deemed “painfully unfunny” and “a joyless, soulless slog,” it debuted this past weekend at $10.1 million — a career-low wide release for McCarthy. Analysis | Melissa McCarthy is a hilarious comedic actress. So why does she keep making bad movies? 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z However, none of that can disguise what a joyless experience “Happytime” is. ‘The Happytime Murders’: a joyless, hard-R-rated puppet/human comedy 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z But nearly every performance of their songs is utterly joyless, as though the actors can’t wait to get back to the beach and spend their paychecks. Review | You can dance. You can jive. But with ‘Mamma Mia 2,’ you will not have the time of your life. 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z The real Churchill, sometimes to his chagrin, was painted to look much like a joyless bulldog, with squinted eyes and a protruding lower lip. British Roll Out Trump’s Political Idol: Winston Churchill 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z It is also a metaphor for almost everything in modern life: a rushed and joyless experience devoid of much human decency and, in the end, a brusque and unsettled customer experience. I'm waiting for my re-booked flight. Cheers to these fellow travelers on life's journey 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z An ex-military chaplain who lost his son in Iraq and separated from his wife soon thereafter, Toller tends to his flock with the joyless devotion of a man under a self-imposed prison sentence. The bracing 'First Reformed,' starring a superb Ethan Hawke, resurrects Paul Schrader's career 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z That “pursuit of happiness” thing can become one joyless trudge. Perspective | We can’t avoid the subject of race because we’re never able to leave it behind 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z It's also clear that the somber, joyless Bergman films that loom so large in his reputation are not the only ones he made. Reconnecting with one-time cinema god Ingmar Bergman, subject of a major L.A. retrospective 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z There’s something to be said about an elected official who - for three decades - refused to walk on eggshells, engaged the public and press at every opportunity and never cowered to the joyless politically correct. Georgia editorial roundup 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z She also remembers seeing her father, a once gregarious man, become a joyless fixture at home. ‘I still see the scars’: Those who remember 1968 see beyond the city’s progress 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z His voice low and spirits even more subdued inside a joyless locker room, Bradley Beal didn’t look like a man fresh off setting a career high. Bradley Beal sets a career high with 11 assists but takes blame after loss to Pacers 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z But last season was oddly joyless for many of the players, who acknowledged this as they reported to spring training. Alex Cora Is the Very Model of a Modern Baseball Manager 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Valentine’s Day reinforces the joyless, sad side of desire and capitalism. This Valentine's day, time to let go of manufactured desire | Steven W Thrasher 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Stiff rules limiting celebrations prevented spontaneity and made for a somewhat joyless experience, many fans felt. The More Things Change, the More Brady and Belichick Stay the Same 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z At times, the Patriots seem to be joyless robots, so it was interesting to see New England defensive coordinator Matt Patricia, head-coach-to-be of the Detroit Lions, doing snow angels in the confetti after the win. Eagles open as underdogs against Patriots in Super Bowl LII, but that may be good news – LA Times 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z But it is also, in person, just a tunnel, a particularly joyless and grim passageway even by New York City subway standards, wrapped by the sprawling Times Square station above and below. ‘The Tunnel.’ Depressing, Claustrophobic and Now a Terror Target. 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z It would be hilarious to me if the angry, joyless tyrant Nick Saban and his crew of semi-pro ringers get excluded. Compromises should be temporary: End the stupidity of the four-team CFB playoff - Golf Digest 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z In just the five years between 2010 and 2015, the number of U.S. teens who felt useless and joyless — classic symptoms of depression — surged 33 percent in large national surveys. Perspective | Teenage depression and suicide are way up — and so is smartphone use 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z Then he left and had a short and joyless stint in club management in his native France before returning to what he apparently does best, uplifting a national team. World Cup play-offs and final qualifiers: 10 things to look out for 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Over the next two years, they visited Portugal, Spain, Italy and the Caribbean, trips that Wells found increasingly joyless and difficult. Her weight loss and pain looked like cancer. The real reason was hidden for years. 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Spin magazine called the track "hard" and "cheerless", while the New York Times described the lyrics as "powerful, yet joyless". Taylor Swiftly breaks three YouTube and Spotify records - BBC News 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z This has been a joyless, process-defying, mistake-riddled exercise that will be formalized six weeks from now in Peru, with the winners and losers already long decided. AP Analysis: After finishing 2nd, huge ‘thank you’ due to LA 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z They weren’t a bunch of joyless bores and they weren’t like Spock from “Star Trek.” Ancient Philosophers Reveal 4 Rituals That Will Make You Happier 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z It seemed a joyless victory, which was only ever, at its root, about keeping the Tories in power. ‘I Want My Government to Ask Questions’ 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z In April, when the unemployment rate dropped to 4.4%, it marked the completion of a slow and joyless recovery from the Great Recession. Full Employment Confronts Trump, Fed With Tougher Trade-Offs 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z They pitch scripts, phone agents and their nights often seep into pre-dawns of commiseration over mis-timed lines, too crude metaphors and small crowds of canyon silences and joyless faces. Wild, brash and funny Jon Gabrus takes on Hollywood's bruising world of comedy 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z Admirable honesty, yes, but hardly what a Sunderland fans would want to hear so early into what proved to be a joyless campaign. David Moyes: The ‘Chosen One’ hits rock bottom at Sunderland 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z “The End of Eddy” is a dark book, but it isn’t an entirely joyless one; nor is it “totalitarian.” Growing Up Poor and Queer in a French Village 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z This was a message that was badly received by Sunderland's fans and set the tone for a season that turned into a long, slow, painful, joyless march into the Championship. David Moyes: What went wrong and where now for Sunderland manager? 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z A generosity of spirit glows within these stories, even as they unwrap themes of parental cruelty, joyless marriages and the legacy of past trauma. Review: ‘Anything Is Possible’ visits Lucy Barton’s hometown 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Backstabbing and palace intrigue — which created a brutal, joyless work environment in the West Wing — drove others away after only weeks in their dream jobs. The Daily 202: 15 Trumpists who did not survive the first 100 days 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z And such joyless absolutism, Mailer warned, would open society to totalitarian creep – from the left – until we’ve all got “scrambled brains”. Women's lib, safe spaces and no-platforming: how the Town Hall affair still defines our discourse 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Ms. Asif talked about the strengths of women, and how a man’s life — and home — would be joyless without a wife. Pakistan City’s Affluent Women Bring Islam Into Their Lives and Lifestyles 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z Merkin escaped from “this joyless landscape” into reading, which “brought me as close as I ever came to a sense of pleasure,” she writes. Opinion | ‘This Close to Happy’: The risks of going public about depression 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z “Officially, we are not here,” says Monarch, a joyless man in his 30s who, like the others, insisted on being identified only by his nom de guerre. Ukraine turns a blind eye to ultrarightist militia 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z So let’s not let joyless Bill Belichick and autotron Tom Brady scrub the franchise of its inglorious, itinerant, haphazard and occasionally hysterical past. The NFL’s model franchise was once a tear-down project 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z The reality seems like a joyless, grim succession of never-ending, late-night shuttling between motels and hotels while shuffling through online escort accounts. A Motel Reopens, but Now Guests Must Pay for the Whole Night 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z Rebuilding it had been quick, silent and joyless. After a toddler accidentally shot and killed his older sister, a family’s wounds run deep 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z The Wizards may still be searching for an identity, but through 16 games they’ve displayed consistency in one area: They play joyless basketball. Bradley Beal, Wizards need overtime to fight off DeMarcus Cousins, Kings 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z For fun, of the joyless kind, he goes to a bar, gets drunk, and fights with other customers. Fighting Demons with Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z Even the word “puritanical” is usually taken to mean sexless and joyless, as in a New York Times article chalking up American prudishness to Puritan roots. Five myths about Puritans 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z The party produced no plausible alternative to her joyless, stained embodiment of arrogant entitlement. A ruinous triumph for the GOP 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Colbert tried to humor his joyless panel with “We didn’t become comedians because we had happy childhoods.” Colbert consoles and commiserates during live election special 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Clinton, the ultimate author of her current agony, resembles no one so much as Nixon in her paranoia and joyless pursuit of joy. A fitting final chapter to 2016’s sleaze sweepstakes 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z The NFL’s overemphasis on “brand” and “shield” has meant increasingly petty attention to discipline and uniformity, which is sucking away dynamism and rendering it joyless. The NFL is becoming more disturbing than appealing, and TV viewers are tuning out 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z The vibe was nervy and joyless, one of expected defeat rather than impending victory. I fear the Dodgers are becoming baseball's most reliable losers | Dave Schilling 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Within the White House, it is widely acknowledged that the State of the Union is a joyless, and largely pointless, exercise. The Power of the Podium 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Your life was generally joyless – but like a penitent you were deferring pleasure for a higher good. Baby boomers have already taken all the houses, now they're coming for our brunch | Brigid Delaney 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z She was intensely lonely and seemed trapped in a restricted, relatively joyless existence. When a Spouse Dies, Resilience Can Be Uneven 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Based loosely on the Ten Commandments, the 10-part miniseries is set in a joyless Warsaw apartment building, following its inhabitants through various moral, spiritual and relationship crises. 'The Neon Demon' is heavy on style, light on content and just might become a cult favorite 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z Privately, Democrats would regret their selection of one of the most joyless, least visionary presidential candidates in recent memory. If Trump wins, blame Obamacare 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Dutchman Louis van Gaal may have won the FA Cup but his was a joyless reign and this superpower needed an X Factor on and off the pitch to renew their damaged status. Premier League 2016-17: Who will finish where? 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z “It’s a joyless pursuit, like a broken-down race car, out of fuel, staggering to the checkered flag.” Once a Ferrari and now just a jalopy 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Celebrate once you hear that joyless “Remove card” sound. Chip Card Nightmares? Help Is on the Way 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Lacerating politics, terror fears, and fatal encounters with police followed by slayings of officers have made this a joyless summer for too many Americans. Recent Kansas Editorials 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z “This is a joyless convention,” said Mike Murphy, a senior adviser to one of Mr. Trump’s rivals, Jeb Bush. Donald Trump’s Convention Is a Low-Energy Show So Far 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Once more there was a joyless atmosphere around England. Euro 2016: England disappoint, Iceland impress, Portugal come good 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z And lastly, let’s speak to the claim that this film is joyless. The 23 craziest things that happen in Independence Day: Resurgence 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z His performances should have permanently obliterated the joyless tripe about not picking luxury players. France ‘84, Holland ’88, Spain ’08: who are the best ever Euros team? 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z Trump’s boisterous, uncensored id makes a riveting contrast to Hillary’s plodding, joyless superego. Zombie time at campaign Hillary: Camille Paglia on Trump’s real strength and Clinton’s fatal sleepwalking 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Then, just like that, Absolem is gone — along with any pleasant feelings about this joyless jumble of a sequel. ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ is a joyless, jumbled mess 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z The Republican could benefit from a split among Democrats between Clinton, criticised for a peculiarly joyless campaign, and the party’s own surprise insurgent, socialist Bernie Sanders. State of the 2016 race: Trump looks to take over America after conquering GOP 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z For the rest of the states, we chose the song with the least guitar or instrumentation because it got in the way of joyless moaning. If America did Eurovision | Jeb Lund 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z But Goop sex isn’t all joyless health fears and unnecessary vegan treasure hunts. The joylessness of Goop sex | Flic Everett 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z For the families of victims, the effect has often been cathartic, if joyless. The retired cops investigating unsolved murders in one of America’s most violent cities | Christopher Pomorski 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z The Cavaliers churned out another uneven and drama-filled week in their joyless slog of a season. Ready for lift-off: Final Four offers high-stakes audition for NBA prospects 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Leigh Griffiths had a hugely-frustrating night, the Celtic striker being replaced after a joyless hour of chasing lost causes. Scotland 1-0 Denmark 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z All of this joyless, pseudo-maturation raises a question: Does a pop song generate a hotter frisson when the singer isn’t allowed to sing about sex? Zayn Malik goes total sex-zombie on ‘Mind of Mine’ 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z The first trailer for The Lego Batman Movie is here, and it already promises to be better than the joyless Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The trailer for The Lego Batman Movie is here and it's the best 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Somewhat better than her early attempts would’ve indicated, but still painfully mechanical and joyless. 'Dancing With the Stars' recap: Meet the season 22 contestants 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z The job at Segal’s, joyless though it was, provided a pivotal ingredient in his evolving aesthetic: a daily dose of schmaltzy classic rock. 25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music Is Going 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z And though she once did — batting Witt down to second place in the 1986 World Figure Skating Championships — it often appeared to be a joyless pursuit. The best African American figure skater in history is now bankrupt and living in a trailer 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Bill Clinton, once the Party’s great channeller of working-class pain, surfaced, gaunt and joyless and wearing lumberjack red plaid. The Clintons Have Lost the Working Class 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z I had managed to turn what is actually a gorgeous run — Santa Rosa Road in east Ventura County — into a rather joyless exercise that always boiled down to cold, hard numbers. Why the long run soothes this marathoner's soul 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z Related: Germans reject their joyless image to become Europe's optimists Never mind that austerity here is mainly something that happens in other countries. Hello Berlin, goodbye optimism: why is Germany’s glass half empty? | Philip Oltermann 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Lack of coherence doesn’t make the film joyless, however, and Smith does give his actors a stage to shine on. Yoga Hosers and the tragedy of Kevin Smith's stoner era 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z It is the most joyless United team in decades. José Mourinho left in managerial no man’s land with no clear way out | Daniel Taylor 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z Could the once-thrilling “American Idol,” which in recent years became a joyless grind, rediscover its mojo to finish on a high note? How the 'American Idol' premiere turned a funeral into a fresh start 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z There’s something tentative and joyless in Mr. Bush’s public presentations. Will the New Year’s Tumult Trump the Old? 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z "Life has become easier, comrades, life has become happier. And when one is happy, work goes well. If our life was hard, sad and joyless, we wouldn't have had the Stakhanovite movement." Alexei Stakhanov: The USSR's superstar miner - BBC News 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Stops are scheduled with joyless efficiency for when we need gas. Fifteen hours with Fabio 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z The renowned photographer and Aperture magazine editor wasn’t alone in his disdain, joining the editors of Popular Photography, who called it, “a wart-covered picture of America by a joyless man”. The Americans: Robert Frank's realist photographs head to auction 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z The writing standards read like a joyless packet of instructions for assembling a cabinet. On the fence about Common Core: Brilliant new approach or another fad? 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z If Gruden’s team starts one of the stretches of playing well Sunday against the Giants, will it be the start of another of those moments of joy in a joyless existence? LOVERRO: They may not be a playoff team, but the Redskins can make the playoffs 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z “Shock and awe” and the “joyful tortoise” gave way to the joyless “grinder” fighting to avert a legendary collapse. A Fiery Jeb Bush Promises To Win "This Damn Thing" 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z The place was cruel and joyless, according to Pamela, and she remembers that when the Reverend Mother asked who wanted to go to Australia, every girl in the home put their hand up. The 13-year-old girl sent on a 'day-trip' to Australia - BBC News 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z It was a claustrophobic, slightly intimidating and thoroughly joyless place. Working with Sue Lloyd-Roberts 'was an adventure' - BBC News 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Trying to force pragmatism on a band of ideologues is a joyless task, and whoever replaces Boehner — likely the amiable but weak majority leader, Kevin McCarthy — will inevitably be brought to tears, too. Boehner didn’t have a prayer 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z Whoever is in charge, and whoever is playing, it just seems pretty joyless and hard to like. Premier League, Football League and more: Saturday clockwatch – as it happened 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z Abdul-Jabbar was judged, and is still judged, on his grim game face and the apparently joyless way he ran up and down the court. What the World Got Wrong About Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Fallout is surprisingly welcoming to those turned off by the joyless stories of other post-apocalyptic video games. Fall 2015 game preview: our 31 most anticipated games of the season 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Here, the cabin is kind of joyless and a bit dated, design-wise. Hyundai Genesis: What Makes the Car an Automotive Star 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Where “War and Peace” and “Anna Karenina” presented the life of a corrupt society with astonishing richness and subtlety, “Resurrection” is relentlessly preachy, prudish, and joyless. Hillary Clinton's Resurrection 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Whoever is in charge, and whoever is playing, it just seems pretty joyless and hard to like. Premier League, Football League and more: Saturday clockwatch – as it happened 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z It is a mostly joyless place these days. In wartime Syria, bus depot is a bridge between two worlds 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z The Clinton campaign is a joyless entourage that behaves as if it’s entitled to the White House in return for her family’s privileged life in government. Boomlet at Bernie’s 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z Bailar was a top student at Georgetown Day School, finding success in the pool and the classroom, but it was joyless. Recruited by Harvard for the women’s swim team, he’ll jump into the pool as a man 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Outside of the US penitentiary system, it is hard to think of a more joyless building. How Penn Station saved New York's architectural history - BBC News 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Just a dismal, joyless season and quite a reconstruction job for Ramsey after his permanent appointment. Premier League end of season review 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z But for a team that was supposed to be building toward something bigger, the Wizards have done little to inspire and wins have been a joyless experience. Wizards seem too worn out to win 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z “The most joyless, soulless war games in history,” the Bangkok Post said on Sunday, describing the mood on both sides. Obama protests Thailand coup, scales down annual Cobra Gold military exercises 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z And then a film like Me and Earl and the Dying Girl comes along and makes me feel not only like a joyless hater, but a lonely joyless hater. Sundance Journal Day 4: Me, Earl, the Dying Girl, and $12 million 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Of course, don’t expect the joyless Belichick to provide any perspective on what it all means. Column: Take a break from the hate to appreciate the Pats 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z People often realize, after following a “secure” but joyless road for years, that life will happen, and traumas emerge, including exploitation, loss, disappointment, and sudden negative shifts away from what they anticipated. The Top 5 Things You Should Say 'No' To In 2015 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z The reality for millions is a "joyless and payless recovery", he will add. 'Tory failings cost £116bn' - Labour 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z Their photos, capturing the joy of play even in joyless surroundings, are described in the captions by the photographers. Syrian Refugees in Zaatari Camp Document Their Athletic Pursuits 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z It’s a joyless, surpassingly dour enterprise, but one that fulfills its mission with Katniss’s own eagle-eyed efficiency and unsentimental somberness. ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1’ movie review: Jennifer Lawrence brings the series to a boil The kind of face made for image macros meant to express the inherent truth of life in the age of late capitalism: that existence has been bled of all meaning and is therefore joyless. Grumpy Cat's new movie shows she should have stayed a meme 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Imagine how mechanical and joyless that would be. To Fix Hunger and Obesity, We Need Delicious Solutions 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z It’s that it seems so inauthentic and, unusually for Evans, joyless. Lee Evans review – when he starts talking he stops being funny 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z It’s hard to walk away, Dolan acknowledges, “but you probably haven’t regretted breaking joyless commitments in the past. Remember: Lost happiness is lost forever.” 14 Ways to Be a Happier Person 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z By 1971, they had nothing to be amused about: Washington was without a team and as joyless as Mudville, while the Orioles had won two World Series and three American League pennants. Bracing for some inter-Beltway baseball It was a harsh landing back at the day job for Howard, who was irascible and joyless in defeat Saturday. For World Cup Heroes, Back to the Day Job 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z Everything about it seems synthetic and joyless and blank. The Song of the Summer just can’t be ‘Fancy.’ Here 8 under-the-radar alternatives. Efficient is a word that feeds into the tired old stereotypes about German football – they were joyless, they never got the blood pumping, they were sneaky, they got the job done. Germany’s youth overhaul faces one last challenge in World Cup final 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, there's no denying that the vogue for hipbone-flaunting is a bit creepy and joyless, like chatting someone up by telling them how long you can hold a plank position for. The rise of the underbum: how to flash the flesh this summer 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z For a purported breakthrough with such grand plans for reshaping the food industry, I found Soylent to be a punishingly boring, joyless product. The Soylent Revolution Will Not Be Pleasurable 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z The process has been a million miles away from the draining experience of handing the details of your life to Barclays bank or Sun Alliance or the joyless, faceless types at HM Revenue and Customs. Internet giants wooed us, but the honeymoon is over 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Chelsea played in a joyless and cynical way, untypical of the Premier League. The world’s game, not England’s 2014-05-01T04:00:00Z Examples like joyless facial responses, listless body posture, unresponsive eye gaze, slowed physical reactions and irritable or fussy mannerisms, just to name a few. What Adults Need to Know about Pediatric Depression 2013-10-10T19:45:45.473Z The two second-half goals by Roma only served to seal a joyless night for the MLS during an otherwise positive period of growth and progress. A.S. Roma Routs Best of M.L.S. in All-Star Game 2013-08-01T04:16:03Z I just spent more than a week experiencing Soylent, the most joyless new technology to hit the world since we first laid eyes on MS-DOS. The Soylent Revolution Will Not Be Pleasurable 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z He thought of the child being raised in a joyless house. Jhumpa Lahiri: “Brotherly Love.” 2013-06-03T04:00:00Z But going to any of its outlets remains a dependably joyless experience, suggestive of something remarkable: the company is not so much too big to fail, as too big to really care. OK, this mug's got my name on it – but that doesn't mean Starbucks cares 2013-05-27T05:59:02Z But stereotypes of joyless zealotry are as misleading as the idea that the Muslim market involves only interest-free finance and hand-slaughtered meat. Halal business: Consuming passions 2013-05-23T15:05:17Z After Many Miles in a Chevy Van, a Rough Gig in a Place Called Hindsight There are joyless pockets of New York City that should be renamed Hindsight, based on the stories from visitors. Crime Scene: After Many Miles in a Chevy Van, a Rough Gig in a Place Called Brooklyn 2013-05-18T02:12:21Z His press conferences could be tense, joyless affairs. Sir Alex Ferguson: the eulogy, the apology and the thank you 2013-05-08T15:38:50Z His press conferences are anything but the joyless, deliberately bland events a lot of other managers put on. Yes, Harry Redknapp wheels and he deals but he also delivers 2013-03-30T22:00:04Z France and Ireland played out a joyless 13-13 draw, notable, if it all, simply for being a draw. Australia drops Test bad boys over missing homework 2013-03-12T14:03:42Z Now it is the one word by which Benítez's short, joyless reign will be associated. Rafa Benítez just another face to be airbrushed out of the picture 2013-02-28T20:32:00Z Almost everyone else is fed up with this joyless, hectoring, endless campaign from Berlin. Europe prepares for another Franco-German tussle in Brussels 2012-10-14T18:50:25Z What used to be fun becomes joyless compulsion. How Is Your Smartphone Like a Slot Machine? 2012-09-20T12:54:50Z Politico ran a story in which an all-star team of journalists complained about the 2012 campaign: how joyless the process, how pointless the conventions, how cynical the campaign staffs, manipulating us relentlessly. Paralysis Rules Washington as Fiscal Cliff Looms 2012-09-06T13:05:33Z Staring down the street at the police cordon set up around the courthouse, he added, “If that’s the case, God help us,” and he gave a joyless smile. Russia's Pussy Riot Trial: A Kangaroo Court Goes on a Witch Hunt 2012-08-03T00:05:29Z Without being too hysterical, this climb is nothing more than a joyless straight line of pain. Britain's top 10 toughest cycle climbs 2012-07-20T14:36:42Z Worrying about the elevated section of the M4 is all very well, but "joyless"? The hypocrisy of Burberry's 'Made in Britain' appeal 2012-07-16T12:15:01Z It looked more joyless and functional than the tables upstairs, but only because I wasn't playing. The Hippodrome casino: titanic opulence in the midst of recession 2012-07-13T17:39:16Z As promised, the Touchfire fits neatly into place with magnets, dutifully lining up with the iPad’s digital keys to bring the flat, joyless gray keyboard to tactile life. The iPad's 'Ultimate Typing Accessory' Is A Dud 2012-07-11T14:06:53Z What was once an exciting daily challenge of their leadership skills becomes instead a weary sense of drudgery; a locked-jaw, joyless task of carrying the full weight of the entire enterprise on their own shoulders. 4 Reasons You Lost Your Mojo (& How to Get It Back) 2012-06-19T12:23:08Z I throw metaphorical fruit every time the tune is trotted out, saving just a little for the incessant joyless oom-pah of the England band. Euro 2012: England analysis would sound slicker if they cut back Verve 2012-06-03T14:54:53Z More than just a no-no it was the culmination of five long, joyless years as a fan, and most importantly, a sign that things may finally be turning around in Flushing. Johan Santana tosses first no-hitter for the New York Mets 2012-06-02T06:12:00Z Old and joyful, as well as joyless, associations crowded upon her; she thought of her career of fortune and misfortune, with many a deep and painful sigh. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z After leaving the joyless regions of Pluto’s realm, and following the even course of the Lethe River, the ancients fancied one reached a large cave in a remote and quiet valley. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z This lack of love denies the higher rights of marriage; it makes the wife’s submission a joyless constraint. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Life henceforth could be but a grey and joyless thing; provided she escaped the sneers and gibes of Arlington Street, she cared little where it was spent. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z He looked down at Ann and was surprised to see a joyless thoughtfulness upon her face. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z And her laugh of joyless triumph rang through the room. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z The sharp and care-worn faces, the joyless lives that throng the busy street, do not make him forget his need of tender affections, of the practices of bounty and love. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Another possible explanation of her lonely, joyless life and deep religious devotion flashed in upon me. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z With the match goalless and joyless at half-time, City needed to up their game and start taking what chances they were creating to claim the three points on offer. Premier League: the weekend's matches - in pictures 2012-02-13T10:31:49Z The question I ask myself is, Which is it to be—a long life of joyless food and no U.A., or a shorter but merrier life with U.A. thrown in? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 14, 1916 2012-02-11T03:03:42.797Z From the 1960s to the early 1990s, many chateaux made an awful lot of green, lean, and joyless wines. Chanel’s Wertheimers Seduce With Lush 2009 $100 Margaux: Wine 2012-02-06T03:25:38Z It cannot be said that he became popular--he wore too sad and joyless an air--but sympathy was shown to him in many acts of courtesy and in a greater charity of language. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z At 18, Frederick made a failed attempt to flee his father’s joyless court and the physical abuse. Horse Ballet, Potato Show Honor Frederick the Great’s Birthday 2012-01-25T07:59:26Z Mark the gracious, welcome guest, Master of heroic jest; He who cheers man's dull abodes With the laughter of the gods; To the joyless ones of earth Sounds the reveille of mirth. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Her life was so barren and joyless; why should she not love to dance? The Monk and The Hangman's Daughter 2012-01-19T03:00:23.620Z For this have I in winter's joyless reign Explored the naked wilds of northern clime, When mid the snows and frosts and chilling winds Cold earth has been my bed. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z He worked between his joyless debauches, and he worked hard. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z II At Worms fast by the minster was fram'd for her to dwell A building high and spacious, and thereto furnish'd well, Where sat she joyless ever among her joyless train. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z Yet so gloomy and joyless is the prospect of a return to life that the Shades who are offered the privilege by Taleya do not all obey, so "anxious are they to reach Nakauvandra." The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z Wins, remember, were greeted with grim acceptance rather than happy exuberance during the general’s joyless junta. Chicago News Cooperative: College Hoops Fans in Chicago Area Must Look Around 2011-12-23T02:31:29Z Here two forlorn women, with a tambourine and without costume, dance a joyless tarantella, which costs us a franc. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z "It was between the night and day When the fairy king has power, That I sank down in a sinful fray, And 'twixt life and death was snatcht away To the joyless Elfin bower." Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z "Going to take a holiday, are you?" she exclaimed, with the favorite jerky, joyless laugh. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Victorious Lir, your hapless sire, His lov'd ones in vain shall call; His weary heart is a husk of gore, His home is joyless for evermore, And his anger on me shall fall! Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z Turgeon’s Texas A&M squad defeated Colorado in overtime last season, and in many respects it was a joyless victory. Maryland?s men?s basketball team takes a business trip to Puerto Rico 2011-11-17T02:15:31Z If the truth must be told, the life of the author of "Jane Eyre" was by no means so joyless as the world now believes it to have been. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z Then leave your joyless ways, My friend, my joys to see. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z Here her joyless laugh again sounded, and Thurston, swayed by an irresistible mood, caught one of her hands, pressing it hard within his own. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z The house of my father all joyless and lone, Its halls and its gardens with weeds overgrown,— A dreadful and strange overthrow! Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z After that day there came a time full of hopeless struggles, speechless despair, and tenderest but joyless love. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z It reduces activity in the vital system, and thereby saps the fundamental strength of the whole organization, engendering those physical and moral diseases, which render life joyless, and death often the only remedy. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z The people are haggard and joyless; they look as if they had no passions, no tastes, no senses. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z "She has a sick headache," returned Claire, with a bit of joyless laughter—the saddest he had ever heard leave her lips. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z How much joyless youth, how much strength for which use there was none, was buried, lost in those walls!—youth and strength of which the world might surely have made some use. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z The painful events of those days; his fear for his boy's life; his joyless, wounded love, all collected into one violent outburst: he begged them to pray with him, he besought God's mercy. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z Patrolman Joshua Pinto, walking his beat at two o’clock in the morning, hummed a joyless tune as he turned off the Bowery and swung into East Houston Street. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z His broad breast heaved a deep sigh, his eyes looked sorrowfully at Margaret's joyless face—to him a closed paradise. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z They all went together to Bialystok, and there they lived, as well as they could, joyless, cut off from the world, with their doors closed against every one. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z A weary waste of sandy, desert road; a treeless veldt covered sparsely with a coarse grass; a dreary farmhouse in the distance surrounded by a few trees, was a joyless picture to look upon. An I.D.B. in South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:33.733Z It was the only joyless thing to be seen, but it had no power to sadden me. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z She rushed forward—the valley, the village, and the joyless bridal party, floated round before her—her heart was sick with agony, and she fell with her face upon the earth. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z "I have no choice but to be sad and joyless," said the prince. The Swedish Fairy Book 2011-08-26T02:00:23.380Z My nephew was ever, since his boyhood, a pious and joyless youth; and such are apt to love once, and, as the poets say, to die for love. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z In Eagle House such preparations were in process, but it was a joyless business. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z When Spring awakens and no Spring is there, None for the heart, it is a joyless thing. Songs of Womanhood 2011-08-21T02:00:31.203Z As joyless as supermarket shopping is, it's straightforward and maybe that's what matters these days. Bringing home the bacon: could butchers come back to the high street? 2011-08-17T15:27:37Z Well," said the prince, "I have no choice but to be sad and joyless. The Swedish Fairy Book 2011-08-26T02:00:23.380Z There was, however, little special about McLeish's team's performance at Fulham on Saturday, despite the inclusion of new signings Charles N'Zogbia and Shay Given, as they fought a keen but joyless battle at Craven Cottage. Fulham 0-0 Aston Villa 2011-08-13T16:13:30Z She had never gone back to the country; she could not return to the happy home of her childish ideals, the joyless, broken-hearted creature she was now. The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales 2011-08-06T02:00:04.530Z And as he sang, a realization of their pinched, joyless lives filled him with dismay. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z It has made for them life dull, blank, sunless, joyless, a thing only to terminate with death. Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.900Z I have no choice but to be sad and joyless. The Swedish Fairy Book 2011-08-26T02:00:23.380Z But I will confess to you, to you alone of all human beings, that this haughty, envied Ottmar became a crushed, wearied, joyless man, an egotist,--who does not even love himself. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z The prospect was dark and lowering in whatever direction he cast his thoughts; no light of hope broke in upon his soul—all before him seemed a dreary joyless waste. The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II 2011-07-18T02:00:20.080Z Reason--cold, joyless reason, with its calm, monotonous light, now ruled her, she had exhausted all the forces of grief in those farewell hours. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z The lifeless, emotionless, joyless prayermeeting or preaching service never had its origin in the pentecostal upper room. The Palm Tree Blessing 2011-07-11T02:00:05.463Z Speedily the watch goeth to his master, who lay upon his bed all joyless. Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z One has, on one side, Mallarm� and Huysmans producing this literature; and on the other Ibsen and Zola dealing with the reality of life in joyless and pallid words. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z When the day workers stopped the night workers began—weary, joyless men. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z But his pale face and joyless expression betrayed what he would not acknowledge to himself: that his happiness was shattered. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Tears, even the bitterest of them, have their source in the spring of joy; when this spring is dried up, when all is joyless, man ceases to weep. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z If her course were to be joyless—a strait and rough path, his was no smoother or more delightsome. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Nothing could be more dreary, passionless, and resigned than the vast, sunlit, yet joyless waste. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z It was a festive day among so 76 many joyless ones when the minstrel band approached the lone monastery. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Without the children, it had been a subdued, almost joyless homecoming. A Year at War: After Combat, the Unexpected Perils of Coming Home 2011-05-28T23:55:07Z “No, it’s hell’s mouth,” exclaimed a forlorn woman, who was dragging a drunken man to his joyless home. Notes on Old Edinburgh 2011-05-03T02:00:17.180Z Pour to the joyless ones thy joy, thy oil And wine to such as faint and toil. Victorian Ode For Jubilee Day, 1897 2011-04-22T02:00:08.360Z But the wild oats were hidden under a dim India-inky veil, and the wild flowers accepted the joyless embraces of the fog with a staring waxen rigidity. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z A children's amusement park, as joyless now as a cemetery, is home to the rusting hulk of a merry-go-round and dodgem-car track, and a giant Ferris wheel that never went into operation. Postcard from Chernobyl: vision of Apocalypse 2011-04-11T07:58:15Z The congregation sang a joyless psalm, and when their service was done they began to break up. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z But hideous blasphemies all around came forth from infant lips, and of that stinted, joyless, loveless, misused childhood, if left to itself, an impure, unholy manhood and womanhood can be the only end. Notes on Old Edinburgh 2011-05-03T02:00:17.180Z "I get a sense watching the show that it's become more sort of just sour and joyless," Poniewozik said. Glenn Beck to leave Fox News daily show 2011-04-06T18:38:33Z During his joyless march to erase Hank Aaron’s home run record, everyone was in on the charade. Timothy Egan: Dope and Glory 2011-04-01T00:31:47Z Instead, some coaches and neighborhood residents say, it remains a joyless Mudville. City Room: In Shadow of Yankee Stadium, 3 Unfinished Ball Fields 2011-03-31T11:00:18Z The pupils were semi-starved, semi-clothed, hopeless, joyless little creatures; their teachers were hard working men and women, who took from their Sabbath rest a few hours for Christ’s sake. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z As he was so poorly developed physically, he became in his joyless early life perhaps morbidly nervous. Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School 2011-03-27T02:00:15.947Z He did row up, wearing the same joyless smile. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z When the sun shone they were blue—a faint, unreal blue, a summer souvenir clinging to the wintry landscape like some youthful trait continued in a joyless age. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z The directors conclude: "This is the jobless and joyless recovery" – not exactly a ringing endorsement. As the slump hits home, George Osborne budgets for decay 2011-03-21T20:29:00Z I fear that life must look very joyless before you, and that all things for a time must seem altered, your very self most so. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z Disciples of football's New Seriousness, that insidious, joyless and sterile blogosphere movement, will doubtless point out that it was a beautiful freak of nature. The Joy of Six: Great passes 2011-03-11T09:57:41Z Suddenly the brilliant scene seemed to grow dark and joyless; the music sounded harsh and out of tune; all the beauty had vanished, and she longed to be sitting in the depths of Warden Forest. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z To live a joyless life when joy is all unknown is nothing,--a matter of course. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z A chill sense of pain crept through the surgeon's breast as he looked at the girlish figure, the pale joyless face, the sad dreaming eyes. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z The sun peeped out suddenly through one of these little gaps, and the landscape, which had been dreary and joyless a moment before, brightened into a golden splendour. Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:00:56.713Z They have quite effaced all the rest of my life; and yet I must return to joyless gloom. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z She only knew that whereas her life had always seemed dull and purposeless, it had, since Jack Newcombe’s visit, grown utterly dreary and joyless. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z He knew it, and, therefore, wore no mask in the semblance of a joyless smile. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z I felt there was a stretch we were playing joyless basketball. St. John's 60, Pittsburgh 59: Pittsburgh Is Latest to Fall at the Garden as a Last-Second Layup Drops 2011-02-20T01:00:26Z His own position, his mother, sisters, family connections, all became secondary considerations before the one grand hope of brightening this joyless creature’s career... Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z She felt that her days would be no longer long and joyless, for she would have a true pleasure—something she could constantly pet and care for. A Search For A Secret (Vol 2 of 3) A Novel 2011-02-15T03:00:18.213Z For me the place had none but bitter memories; it reminded me of the sad breach between my parents, of my own joyless early childhood. Under a Charm, Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:34.173Z How many unmarried women live in heart-wearing dependence;—if poor, in solitary penury, loveless, joyless, unendeared;—if rich, in aimless, pitiful trifling! Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z The answer had a harsh and joyless sound, and the tone in which it was spoken did not soften its asperity. 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day 2011-02-09T03:00:49.283Z To me they are written in the dreary memory of a joyless, weary existence. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z He also calls this material abode, or the realms of generation, a joyless region, Where slaughter, rage, and countless ills reside. The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites 2011-01-28T03:00:23.447Z Much as it may appeal to international managers, a midwinter break is a joyless thing. Liam Brady-esque Josh McEachran possesses a left foot to die for 2011-01-04T00:04:00Z |
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