droll
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A ragtag ensemble, a daunting task, an uncertain journey: Here are all the makings of a classic fantasy tale, with the bonus additions of Mr. Stead’s droll humor and eye for whimsical detail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
A droll moment of introspection is offered when Gordon disfigures his face with tape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026
But no matter—a tail has been added by the sixth page, our first introduction to Ms. Shaloshvili’s droll sensibility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Yes, if we learned anything from “Joe Pera Talks With You,” the Adult Swim comedy series that blends “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” with the droll humor of Steven Wright.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2025
They were fuzzy, droll little creatures who grew at a tremendous rate.
From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater
Dickens fans will doubtless remember some of the droller names of the characters in his novels, elaborated in the journal he called his Book of Memoranda.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
This is a subtler gesture than a few of the show's droller tourist traps, some of them macabre, and some stereotypical to the brink of begging you to scan the background for mimes in berets.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2023
The plot, presented in a droller and less hysterical vein in the novel that inspired it, is a sci-fi variation on the theme of social paranoia that has long ruled teenage entertainment.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2019
One of the droller exchanges came when he commented on all the mirrors in Mae's plushy bedroom.
From Time Magazine Archive
One, droller than the rest, threw a ball of horse manure.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
The drollest dairy origin story belongs to Rhoda Rindge Adamson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
Its not-so-secret weapon, though, is in its driest and drollest performance — that of priceless Tracy Lynn Olivera as the dragoon’s long-suffering better half, Charlotte.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2017
The Division’s drollest commentary comes from the art directors that underplayed the post-outbreak grime.
From The Verge ● Feb. 9, 2016
The opening statement — "Any resemblance to persons living or dead is, as they say, coincidental" — is among the drollest in Chabrol's oeuvre.
From Time ● Sep. 15, 2010
This Heqet must be the drollest fellow in Egypt.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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