drollery

Example Sentences

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The drollery in “Seasons” is based on the eternal question about what can, and invariably will, go wrong next.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

“Oh, Mary” is also a contender in the best play race, having proved that it’s durable enough not to depend exclusively on Escola’s delirious drollery.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025

The result was an interview brimming with drollery and repartee, as they talked about the rumours of a Beatles reunion, the future of rock music, and life with the Wings.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023

But mostly when aiming for drollery, the songwriters overshoot and wind up at operetta.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2023

"Not a bit of it!" broke in Hunter, who remarked nothing of the roguish drollery of old Peter's eye, nor even suspected that the speech was made in mockery.

From Barrington Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James