deadpan
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Great deadpan style and execution, comes across like a very seasoned prodigy even though he’s only three years in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
He arrives at election counts wearing a metallic dustbin-shaped helmet, a silver cape and silver-and-black armour and brandishing his razor-sharp, deadpan sense of humour.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Amelia Dimoldenberg is the queen of the deadpan silence.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
The Italian feature is a droll, Coen brothers-style exercise in deadpan absurdity, with a zigzag plot that caroms off a pleasingly demented cast of oddballs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
A deadpan was something she’d cultivated herself, and she knew from experience that such a perfect one was not easily come by.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
In his acceptance speech, Newsom recalled that Sher was the only Stanford professor who gave him a C. When Lipper asked whether the story was true, Sher deadpanned, “He deserved it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
When the court experienced audio issues early in the trial, she addressed it and then deadpanned: "What can I tell you? We are funded by the federal government."
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
“It’s part of our job now,” she deadpanned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
“The award for Most Editing goes to CBS News,” she deadpanned.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2026
"My wife is in the hospital," Uncle Tony deadpanned.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
He got more lighthearted as the band settled in, tussling with Louis Tomlinson in onstage water fights and deadpanning in a banana costume on a European tour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2024
Statham ... remains unflappable, which is why he charms as he disarms with his patented deadpanning and action moves.
From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2023
Most offices “have a rule against open-toe footwear, but not open-back,” said Mr. DeLeon, deadpanning.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2021
She adopted a strategy early in life of simply deadpanning, “I am smiling.”
From Washington Post ● May 22, 2021
Yogi relented, deadpanning, “O.K., fine, make it like mine.”
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 16, 2019
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