deadpan
Example Sentences
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Townsend was particularly deadpan on Thursday and no wonder.
From BBC
Jones also worked as a scholar of history and made passionate efforts to excavate the satirical intentions of Chaucer’s “The Knight’s Tale” from beneath centuries of deadpan scholarship.
“The last time we did that was two whole Olympics ago,” Knight deadpans.
From Salon
“I feel like I’ve just been operating in a state of shock for the past, I don’t know how many months since June,” says Jimenez in her signature deadpan affect.
From Los Angeles Times
“Well, someone has to do the first draft of my obituary,” Jack deadpanned.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
