deadpan
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Townsend was particularly deadpan on Thursday and no wonder.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
“We do not care if we still wear skinny jeans — they stretch and they’re comfortable,” she reads, deadpan.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 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
Olmsted watched, deadpan, as he listened to a roaring in his ears that would not subside.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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