deadpan
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He arrives at election counts wearing a metallic dustbin-shaped helmet, a silver cape and silver-and-black armour and brandishing his razor-sharp, deadpan sense of humour.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
The Italian feature is a droll, Coen brothers-style exercise in deadpan absurdity, with a zigzag plot that caroms off a pleasingly demented cast of oddballs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Ranganathan, best known for his deadpan stage style, became its co-owner in 2024, describing it as "the partnership of the century".
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
With the Deep’s deadpan delivery, for instance, Crawford felt free to lean into his natural comedic timing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
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
“Eternity is long,” she deadpanned, drawing laughs from the crowd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
“Well, someone has to do the first draft of my obituary,” Jack deadpanned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
“The award for Most Editing goes to CBS News,” she deadpanned.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2026
“I was proud that we improved from three 4-for-33,” the coach deadpanned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2025
He deadpanned, “Oh, you’re waiting for an answer. What were the questions again?”
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
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
Later, the bunny agrees to pretend to be eaten so the bear will look cool to a judgmental clique of nearby bears, deadpanning: “Oh … no. I am being eaten. What a bummer. Ouch.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2019
At one point, a brief but delectable sight gag has the street urchins deadpanning through a window, wearing sunglasses, while Seymour sings about a solar eclipse.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2019
Yogi relented, deadpanning, “O.K., fine, make it like mine.”
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 16, 2019
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