risus sardonicus

The body was bent like a bow but the most unbearable of all was the drawn face and the awful semblance of laughter that has been fitly called risus sardonicus.

“Risus sardonicus,” cried the priest, “Jesus have mercy!”

In one of his letters here published, Branwell, sketching a criminal grinning with the halter round his neck, asks the question: 'Is there really such a thing as the Risus Sardonicus?

The absurdity in it was grim as the risus sardonicus.

The corners of the mouth frequently retracted into a disagreeable smile, called risus Sardonicus.