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

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

“Yellow Submarine” started out as a lament — “In the place where I was born/No one cared,” Lennon sang at first — but turned into sound effects-laden drollery.

From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2022

Having unburdened herself, she has freed herself to get on with the drollery of living.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2022

The wit of Hall, when in full play, approached to drollery, and his sarcasm cut to the bone.

From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Stanton, Henry B.