droll

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McDermott had perfectly employed James as the droll animatronic Disneyland Lincoln in his animation-friendly, slightly goofy production of “Perfect American” in Madrid, where the opera premiered.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

Mr. Dyer’s droll narration might spark readers’ own distant recollections.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

The subsequent expedition is filled with offbeat personalities who help Hernandez and Stephens construct their myth, before poking the bricks out one by one, in ways both droll and achingly sad.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2025

The book’s title makes a droll pun for “lair,” a villainous place of danger or death, while his vivid, mostly monochrome abstract photographs of poisoned atmosphere wittily recall fashionable Color Field paintings.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2025

His jokes of grumkins and snarks no longer seemed quite so droll.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin