After awhile Quentin recovered some of his usual good humor and began to talk about what had happened.

His face softened, slightly, with a trace of its usual humor returning.

He no longer looked sad, but seemed to have recovered his usual good humor.

He looked at Pug, and the usual humor was missing from his voice.

Some of his usual humor crept back into his voice.

His large, dark eyes held none of their usual humor.

Much of her usual good humor seemed lacking this evening.

She tried and was immediately restored to her usual good humor.

The captain met her curious gaze without a trace of his usual humor.

It was a transparent attempt at his usual humor, and somehow made the situation seem even more grim.