drollness

Example Sentences

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British number two Cameron Norrie has also turned to drollness as he prepares to face another opponent who has a 100% winning record over him.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

Urie’s patented drollness is the only estimable glue here, in a satire that too often lands with a Jacobean thud.

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2022

Parker approaches her mandate to avoid political bias with a drollness that seems quintessentially British.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 7, 2017

Gasteyer played McGee with a subtle drollness that got lost in a production that steamrolled the script’s best jokes, but Wood juiced the screentime.

From The Verge • Feb. 1, 2016

The two persons pitched on for decoying Mat were Dolan and Traynor, who accordingly set out, full of glee at the singularity and drollness of their undertaking.

From The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William