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And who wants to be seen as the humourless one in any office?

That some humourless man got hold of and took literally.

Maybe the academy thought that the film was a little cold and humourless.

He nearly laughed, but it would have been a humourless laugh.

"William"' He gave her a humourless smile and let go.

He was a dried out, humourless man, but impressive in his way.

My wife's boss is a very serious, boring, humourless person.

Ashley stopped whatever he had been going to say next with a humourless laugh.

They were usually young men, usually very serious and humourless.

His eyes were pale grey, set in a square humourless face.

The others were all desperately intent on their mission, and so humourless.

Was it really necessary to be humourless in order to be good?

These are the very traits to drive humourless adults to distraction.

The small eyes stared at me, cold and humourless.

He glanced down and gave a short, humourless grunt of laughter.

He smiled in a humourless way when he saw William.

No one wants to project an image of schools as humourless places, a balance needs to be kept between frivolous and serious stories.

Because to my mind that would make you quite the "pompous, humourless bore".

The officer came forward with a brisk, humourless smile.

The bitter, humourless smile pulled at his mouth again.

But this was all that was necessary to work the humourless thing into a rage.

He'd been handsome, upright and humourless: no twinkle in any of the eyes.

Who knew the Guardian features the most humourless commenters in the entire world.

It's what we're famed for and we can't let those poor humourless foreigners down.

He took a brief drink of champagne, and his mouth twisted in a humourless smile.

The world thought him humorless, but that was not true.

Maybe life really was humorless in cold war days, but probably not.

Everyone in the room knew who the humorless Russian was.

His own smile began to return, but it was hard and humorless.

And humorless or not, how bad could an appearance on the show be?

Her smile became a little larger, if not even less humorless.

When it comes to her music, Mitchell can be humorless.

County officials, he added, are humorless because they feel defensive.

He's humorless, and he scarcely looks me in the eyes.

Ramsey could almost see the humorless face of his Security teacher.

He does seem pretty humorless and strict, but he's always fair.

Then he shook his head and gave a humorless laugh.

He cast a dark and humorless look at the shop next door.

Now, girls need not go it alone, naive or humorless.

He had his pride and was in a humorless mood.

She met him with a sour smile, humorless and certain.

"It certainly took you long enough to come here," he said with a humorless grin.

She gave a humorless laugh, which turned into a cough.

"The whole thing seems sadly humorless to me," he said.

With a short, humorless laugh, she turned on her laptop.

But tell me, is this so different from dealing with the ordinary humorless human being?

She came to her feet, releasing their hands and giving them a small, humorless smile.

This is not to say that Thompson, or her characters, are humorless.

What if he had come off stiffer and more humorless than was expected?

It makes for a particularly humorless form of romantic comedy.