gallows humour BrE
gallows humor AmE

Emotional but effective and with some memorable flashes of gallows humour.

So it was reassuring to find the owner displaying such stoic gallows humour.

"Our research is quite up to date," said Rudgutter with gallows humour.

Thomas describes Man Gone Down as having a "gallows humour".

But the German type developed his own peculiarities, most prominently its characteristic gallows humour.

With a wicked sense of gallows humour, much appreciated by the rest of the group, not so long ago he stopped talking.

Gallows humour is humor in the face of or about very unpleasant, serious, or painful circumstances.

As he once said, he was on the verge of losing his 'gallows humour'.

He leaned in without even gallows humour.

Whilst we were enjoying ourselves with gallows humour, a familiar figure suddenly appeared at the door to the dining room.

His work offers a bleak, tragicomic outlook on human nature, often coupled with black comedy and gallows humour.

Grim landscape and gallows humour and the beginnings of the whole Smiths iconography.

Despair turned to gallows humour.

Yes, the callousness and gallows humour.

And another example, a direct slice of galgenhumor (gallows humour):

De La Iglesia contrasts these scenes with gallows humour.

Gallows humour?

Funny gallows humour.

It's gallows humour, see?

Other taboos are challenged by sick jokes and gallows humour, and to joke about disability is considered in this group.

Without a sense of gallows humour, the job done by doctors and other medical practitioners would often be unbearable, writes Max Pemberton.

McDermid uses "gallows humour" throughout the book to keep readers entertained, despite the gruesome scenes that she often describes.

Yet his story is irresistibly witty and suspenseful; if the plot twists prove too much, you can just lie back and enjoy the gallows humour.

Never mind, we're soon going to be the " recovery success story of Europe " ( now that's what I call gallows humour. )

As we drew into St Marie de Campan, the gallows humour that had seen us through the previous days' climbs was absent.

At that moment gallows humor was not what I needed.

Gallows humor and three games, it's all they have left.

There were times when gallows humor was the only type available.

Caroline saw a good deal of gallows humor in the situation.

Their injuries had already become a bit of gallows humor between them.

"The name's the same," he said with an access of gallows humor, and did what had to be done.

The gallows humor of the hospital staff also provides relief.

"I tried to keep up the gallows humor that we all use to maintain our balance."

Gallows humor has gotten me through some pretty bad times."

But mostly, the gallows humor the Street is famous for was missing.

The banter had an air of gallows humor to it.

Gallows Humor, a 1961 combination of two short plays, was also well received.

But many graduates still cannot raise the money - and that can lead to gallows humor.

A bit of gallows humor came to mind, and he smiled at the subordinate.

Get it right, guy, Batman thought with a flash of gallows humor.

The subject matter is dark, and even shocking, but a gallows humor runs throughout.

Again gallows humor rose despite our attempts to discourage it.

And as the days dragged by, the families ventured into gallows humor.

Under different circumstances, Julia might have laughed at the gallows humor.

He could imagine the counselor grinning at his gallows humor.

It was gallows humor, but he needed whatever he could find.

One thing that seems to have drained out of the clinic is the gallows humor.

And Browne has even gained a sense of gallows humor.

Team employees are cheerful, but with the gallows humor of the doomed.

In comedy horror film, gallows humor is a common element.