[ US /ˈmɝθ/ ]
[ UK /mˈɜːθ/ ]
NOUN
  1. great merriment
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How To Use mirth In A Sentence

  • This was gracious of him and also provoked an unexpected conspiratorial mirth between the interviewer and interviewee. Times, Sunday Times
  • Her impersonations of our teachers were a source of considerable mirth.
  • This was gracious of him and also provoked an unexpected conspiratorial mirth between the interviewer and interviewee. Times, Sunday Times
  • Hats bowl away, coats fly open, skirts cling, umbrellas flype themselves: and their owners, grotesquely running, grabbing, snatching, struggling, are consumed with rueful and involuntary mirth. Try Anything Twice
  • No doubt that news will be received with considerable mirth in gyms throughout Britain. The Sun
  • His laughter was spiteful and mirthless, and he took his time, content to let his presence sink in.
  • Once resurfacing from the water, hair in his eyes, he could see Jo laughing, not so discreetly slapping her thigh in mirth.
  • There was no uncertainty, no wavering, no hesitation, nor was there any mirth, any pleasure, any satisfaction.
  • A wonderful, joyous mouth that could laugh and grin and smile in a hundred expressions of precious, life-giving mirth.
  • It was at this point I rolled off the sofa with helpless mirth. Times, Sunday Times
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