deadpan
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But audiences should not expect to see the 24-year-old — best known for her macabre role in Netflix’s “Wednesday” — with a deadpan expression or in a morose mood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
I’ll bring my perspective and, I hope, a healthy dose of deadpan humor.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
The Canadian comedian, writer and producer Fielder is famous for harnessing the power of awkwardness, cringe and deadpan wit to great, if unsettling, comedic effect.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Every robot that faceplanted, lost a limb, or disintegrated in a spray of sparks was borne away on a stretcher by human attendants with deadpan solicitude.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
“Same boat,” repeated Citra with deadpan dullness but daggers in her eyes as sharp as the ones that used to hang in Faraday’s weapons den.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
Blunt deadpanned: "Well, look, if you go early, I'll wear your outfits."
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
“Very few advocates have that goal,” Samuel Alito deadpanned, drawing laughter in the courtroom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
When the court experienced audio issues early in the trial, she addressed it and then deadpanned: "What can I tell you? We are funded by the federal government."
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
“The award for Most Editing goes to CBS News,” she deadpanned.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2026
“That’s okay, it’s my left arm,” he deadpanned.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
He got more lighthearted as the band settled in, tussling with Louis Tomlinson in onstage water fights and deadpanning in a banana costume on a European tour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2024
Statham is less violent here than in previous Ritchie outings, but he remains unflappable, which is why he charms as he disarms with his patented deadpanning and action moves.
From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2023
Yogi relented, deadpanning, “O.K., fine, make it like mine.”
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 16, 2019
Mr. Black is perhaps too sardonic a presence, but Ms. Blanchett — as a fellow spell-caster — takes evident pleasure in deadpanning lines like “I melted Salvador Dalí’s watch once, right off his wrist.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2018
Stewart won some laughter after deadpanning: “I couldn’t hear you. Can you say that again?”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2018
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