wryness
Example Sentences
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He doesn’t have Hannah Gadsby’s verbal finesse, Alex Edelman’s zeitgeist radar or Mike Birbiglia’s off-beat wryness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2024
It is “a story that the filmmakers tell with humor, wryness, well-earned tears, some smartly deployed archival material and numerous talking-head interviews,” Manohla Dargis wrote when it played at Sundance.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2023
“You know, it’s too bad it’s Friday,” Holmes said to Robach with a jolly wryness, noting the “great week” he had enjoyed.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2022
“She may have the surface dryness or wryness of other Finnish artists I have known, but her passion quickly comes out when she’s on the podium.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2022
“Mmm,” she said instead, hoping the lilt could be mistaken for sympathy instead of wryness.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
