| Finally Menelek restored quiet by the simple expedient of a frown, whereupon each loyal guest exchanged his mirthful mien for an emulative scowl. |
| But mirthful sounds arose, the banquet was at last being served. |
| Nor, in the view of the Panel, does the mirthful background protect the comments from characterization as unduly negatively stereotypical. |
| I suppose that my smile persisted, and was not a mirthful one. |
| I burst into a fit of laughter, which was not so mirthful as it might seem. |
| And he purported to view most politicians, from presidents upwards, as vermin. But, as Mr Teachout shows, there was more to his subject than a marvellous talent for mirthful abuse. |
