Wondering how to use Humorless in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as humourless or unfunny.
Humorless in a sentence
Humorless meaning
Lacking humor or levity; serious; not funny, amusing, amused, or lighthearted.
Synonyms of Humorless
Using Humorless
- The main meaning on this page is: Lacking humor or levity; serious; not funny, amusing, amused, or lighthearted.
- Useful related words include: humourless, unhumorous, sobersided, po-faced.
- In the example corpus, humorless often appears in combinations such as: the humorless, humorless and.
Context around Humorless
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Humorless
- In this selection, "humorless" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, same, entirely, workplace, censorious and french stand out and add context to how "humorless" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bay s humorless and seemingly and between the humorless benedict and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "humorless" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with humorless
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Do they know how humorless they are? (7 words)
Alexandre Willaume joins as “Montmorency” the wise and humorless Constable General of France. (13 words)
Sanders has been accused of being humorless and a little dry - even overly angry - sometimes. (15 words)
The humorless French philosopher Henri Bergson insisted that comedy occurs when something organic is transposed into something mechanical, and that seems to be the case here: a stomping, hat-throwing fury is directed at a stationary metal box. (38 words)
He should be dancing a jig, were it not for the fact that pretty much anywhere that he does ultimately get a job is likely to present him with the same humorless, censorious, and unforgiving Leftist environment. (37 words)
But while he didn't leave out the bad stuff, like the crooked businessman, the thief or the scoundrel, he gave them only humorless short shrift, dutifully identifying them as a sorry fact of life. (35 words)
Do they know how humorless they are? (7 words)
Example sentences (11)
At the same time, a humorless workplace would be a dreadful place to work in, and research shows that when managers fail to take humor seriously, it demoralizes their teams and impairs their performance.
He should be dancing a jig, were it not for the fact that pretty much anywhere that he does ultimately get a job is likely to present him with the same humorless, censorious, and unforgiving Leftist environment.
The humorless French philosopher Henri Bergson insisted that comedy occurs when something organic is transposed into something mechanical, and that seems to be the case here: a stomping, hat-throwing fury is directed at a stationary metal box.
Alexandre Willaume joins as “Montmorency” the wise and humorless Constable General of France.
That's not to say that are devoid of horror, or even that the first is entirely humorless.
Worf's humorless adherence to Klingon principles was, to Michael Dorn, the key ingredient to writing the character.
Do they know how humorless they are?
The differences between the humorless Benedict and the outgoing Bergoglio are summed up perfectly as Benedict enters the room and, hearing Bergoglio humming, asks what hymn it is.
Sanders has been accused of being humorless and a little dry - even overly angry - sometimes.
The explosions are, in fact, good and big, and the gore and gams are more plentiful than in “13 Hours,” Bay’s humorless, and seemingly interminable 2016 Benghazi war thriller.
But while he didn't leave out the bad stuff, like the crooked businessman, the thief or the scoundrel, he gave them only humorless short shrift, dutifully identifying them as a sorry fact of life.
Common combinations with humorless
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: