deadpan

Example Sentences

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Townsend was particularly deadpan on Thursday and no wonder.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

“I feel like I’ve just been operating in a state of shock for the past, I don’t know how many months since June,” says Jimenez in her signature deadpan affect.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Rapaport barks in the same scene, forcing teammate Ron Funches to deadpan, “You’re playing a game right now.”

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026

Since he broke through with the wonderful “Stranger Than Paradise” in 1984, Jim Jarmusch has had a cool, muted style spiked with deadpan humor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

She shook her head almost imperceptibly, then resumed her own deadpan stare at the opposite wall.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling