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

Brad Paisley has parlayed his drollness into a long-running gig as a host of the Country Music Association Awards and a new one as M.C. for the Wild West Comedy Festival in Nashville.

From New York Times • May 2, 2016

Mr. Fielding looked as if Dick's drollness did not appeal to him, but the Bishop laughed, and put his arm around her.

From The Militants Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fighters in the World by Andrews, Mary Raymond Shipman