deadpan

Example Sentences

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“End of Beginning” doesn’t appear in the show, but Keery is a perennial fan favorite, thanks to his gravity-defying hair and deadpan one-liners.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It’s part of our job now,” she deadpanned.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The award for Most Editing goes to CBS News,” she deadpanned.

From Salon

The intelligence chief’s curt, deadpan delivery has helped popularize the work of the military intelligence agency, known as HUR, with the public using Budanov’s interviews for widely circulated memes on social media mocking Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal

And despite his often deadpan demeanour and the pressure he is under, political commentators in Belgium say De Wever seems to be enjoying holding cards on the EU stage.

From Barron's