We rolled into this position and that one, joylessly running through the standard repertoire.

As she ambles joylessly through the role of Charlie, her heart is obviously not in it.

When reporters approached him joylessly to ask about the decision, Rivera began to chuckle.

There is no joy in being joylessly right.

Joseph ate them joylessly but without any great difficulty.

I can hear barking coming from the trunk of the car, but Grayer looks joylessly out through the window.

She made a little shrug and smiled joylessly.

Couples joylessly rut in the dirt amid the exaggerated sounds of nature.

Vorkosigan closed his eyes, and a sigh went out of him, joylessly.

Yet he spoke the words joylessly; sounded angry.

On a huge television screen, a yule log burns coldly and joylessly.

They are smoked intently, joylessly, and then crushed on the stone plaza. '

Ben was pouring jewels from his pocket, joylessly, into Barbara's outstretched hands, while her eyes questioned him.

On market day he moved through the village square in silence, joylessly selecting his olives and his cheeses.

Dressed to kill, thought Miles joylessly.

His "much agitated life passed joylessly away in a perpetual inward contradition."

A couple joylessly celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary endure an evening of petty frustrations.

He spent an entire year trying to write a string quartet, "sitting joylessly at the piano," and trying to compose.

Thought of spending hot summer days and wet winter afternoons in betting shops, playing the percentages, joylessly, methodically making a million.

As I crammed it, joylessly, into my mouth, I felt a bit sick (obviously).

He still treated her with respect, but they bedded joylessly now, only in hopes of engendering an heir to the throne.

His wife, Edith, remains joylessly loyal.

She looked joylessly at Tess.

They were polite and submissive and did what was asked of them, but joylessly, apathetically, enduringly.