deadpan

Example Sentences

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Townsend was particularly deadpan on Thursday and no wonder.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

“We do not care if we still wear skinny jeans — they stretch and they’re comfortable,” she reads, deadpan.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

Rapaport barks in the same scene, forcing teammate Ron Funches to deadpan, “You’re playing a game right now.”

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026

Kilvin’s deadpan humor was hard to detect at times.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss