droll

Example Sentences

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Mr. Dyer’s droll narration might spark readers’ own distant recollections.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

As a filmmaker, Victor is particularly skilled at doling out warmth, dotted with almost shockingly droll lines of dialogue along the way.

From Salon • Jul. 28, 2025

The book’s title makes a droll pun for “lair,” a villainous place of danger or death, while his vivid, mostly monochrome abstract photographs of poisoned atmosphere wittily recall fashionable Color Field paintings.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2025

It’s smartly written, festooned with quirky business, farcical situations, droll asides.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2025

“It reminds me of a certain snake I knew. A droll fellow, till a mountain fell on him.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin