no joy BrE spoken
not any joy BrE spoken

He took no joy from the death of such men.

There would be no joy in her life, she knew.

Maybe there was just no joy in giving one bad guy to another.

He had brought no joy with him and found none waiting.

For another, she loved him, and had no joy of life alone.

But the natural colors held no joy for me now.

While pregnant I felt nothing for the child, certainly no joy in the experience.

The thought gives me no joy, yet I can guess only one reason for it.

The fresh air and the light brought her relief, but no joy.

But there was no joy in that kind of thing anymore.

And there is no joy in it if they are just victims.

There would be no joy at all in it otherwise.

Too many had made that wish already and got no joy when it came true.

So much beauty out there, but this day he could feel no joy.

The king felt no joy when he heard this oath.

At eighteen James left for college and found no joy.

It brought him no joy, and they parted without words.

We do learn, but there is no joy in the discovery.

When this happened, though, he felt no joy, only pain.

But without the love in the act of mating, there would be no joy.

First, he looks at buying things for himself, but doing so brings him no joy.

It gives me no joy to cause you so much suffering.

There was no joy in killing men who could barely see him.

There was no joy in life to match that of such a welcome!

I could not be sure, but there was no joy in the contemplation.