How to Use deadpan in a Sentence

deadpan

1 of 2 adjective

• Keanu Reeves does this deadpan thing with a slight wink.
  — Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED, 28 Aug. 2020
• So this video is kind of deadpan, taking the piss out of people like that.
  — Alex Blynn, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2019
• Martin then dropped the emotion from her face and gave a deadpan look to the camera.
  — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 30 June 2020
• Charlie Watts, the deadpan drummer who served as the beating heart of the Rolling Stones, has died at 80.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2021
• This live tour de force has a deadpan intro from Mike Love.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 3 June 2021
• Then a very Mike White sigh and a deadpan line about saving a few bucks on the production.
  — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2022
• What makes the show spark is the specificity of the images that Wilson pairs with his deadpan text.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2020
• Despite the solemn nature of this arc, The End of the F***ing World still bears the same deadpan humor, the same frank voiceover dialogue, and the same look and feel.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2019
• And who will be the first to suffer a delightfully deadpan demise?
  — Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2021
• It should be noted that Berg has a keen sense of humor and the best deadpan delivery this side of the late Mitch Hedberg.
  — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 1 Feb. 2022
• Where’s the theater, the spectacle, the deadpan menace?
  — Carolyn Kellogg, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2022
• My younger son had responded to my caution with a deadpan look.
  — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2020
• Like many others in the courthouse, McQuade was no stranger to Tarnow's deadpan humor.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 24 Jan. 2022
• Though the aesthetic is similar to the rest of this oddball franchise, the tone is gentler and more deadpan.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2021
• The Streets’s Mike Skinner returns, his deadpan speak-rapping not having aged a day.
  — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
• The tale is told with deadpan charm by singer Patty Donahue; her bandmates’ fizzy new-wave funk is not at all Christmassy, and the better for it.
  — Jody Rosen, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2020
• Delivered with deadpan conviction, the speech kills, a mic drop of a movie entrance.
  — Erik Maza, Town & Country, 22 Feb. 2022
• The movie features a cross-dressing sheriff and the amorous exploits of gay buckaroos, all presented in Warhol’s deadpan style ...
  — Bo Emerson, ajc, 12 Sep. 2022
• The story’s deadpan title derives from one of these exchanges.
  — Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2021
• But Riviere is just getting started with his deadpan satire.
  — Washington Post, 17 May 2021
• In some ways, Notaro’s deadpan style might seem like an odd fit for animation.
  — New York Times, 23 July 2021
• In repose her expression tends to be deadpan, except for her eyes, which are deep blue and have a mischievous glimmer.
  — Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 10 Dec. 2020
• Fans who complained that announcers talked too much didn’t moan about the deadpan Summerall.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2021
• Known for his straight-faced, deadpan delivery, Che was comical even with end-of-life matters.
  — al, 27 Mar. 2022
• Mickey’s new caseload fires him up immediately, in a deadpan sort of way.
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022
• His voice, though still dry and deadpan, took on increasing urgency.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2022
• Stallone provides just the right amount of world-weary gravitas and deadpan humor to put over the hokey material.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Aug. 2022
• Thus, her writer’s voice was self-contained and detached, almost to the point of being deadpan, and her conclusions were original and ahead of their time.
  — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2021
• It’s quieter, and the humor is played with a more deadpan sensibility.
  — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2021
• Lou’s deadpan nasal proclamations driven by downtown NYC psychedelic noise-rock transgressed the rules of rock and pop.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 16 Dec. 2022

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deadpan

2 of 2 noun

• He tells the joke in his best deadpan.
• She's a master of deadpan.
• What Nikou shares with Duprat and Cohn is a penchant for the deadpan.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 17 June 2022
• Ryan Gosling brought some deadpan fun to the 2024 Critics' Choice Awards.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 15 Jan. 2024
• Hall tells his tale with warmth and candor and none of the frosty deadpan he was known for back in the heyday of The Specials.
  — Kenneth Partridge, Billboard, 22 Jan. 2019
• Known for his deadpan jokes, McHenry can also have a fiery side.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2023
• The tones are sepia, the music orchestral, the title cards whimsical, and the faces deadpan.
  — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2023
• Cassie has a droll sense of humor, and many of her lines land thanks to Johnson’s deadpan delivery.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2024
• Once the beat kicks in, Jennifer starts bopping up and down to match, all while staring deadpan into the camera.
  — Rebecca Norris, Country Living, 24 May 2020
• Rounding out the group is Jess’s childhood best friend, Cece (Simone), a model with a killer deadpan.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 10 Mar. 2023
• The humor is deadpan and the fights feel deadly in a way that channels a very 21st century, post-John Wick style of snap, crackle and pow.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2024
• Huang keeps up a semi-comic deadpan patter at all times.
  — Stephen Witt, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
• That’s when Robinson gave up on the deadpan regarding Heat coach Erik Spoelstra.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024
• In a deadpan style, Downey went on to poke fun at critics’ snarky assessment of his performances.
  — USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024
• His deadpan and perfect comedic timing will simply irresistible, and the Actors Branch could feel the same.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023
• Staged inside the Green Gallery in Midtown Manhattan, the room was a poignant display of place and loss in the form of deadpan conceptual art.
  — Randy Kennedy, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
• Binnie’s deadpan, offhand narration makes clear how little the plot is the point.
  — Stephanie Burt, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
• Schneider has a sly, deadpan drawl that is sometimes mistaken for Southern—he was born and raised on the Jersey Shore.
  — Mina Tavakoli, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
• Kotaro follows the rhythm of daily life, its humor deadpan.
  — Vulture, 23 Apr. 2022
• Charles read the words with a deadpan delivery expected of a monarch, who is supposed to be above politics.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
• The deadpan Latina embodies a certain kind of energy that keeps you on your toes.
  — Mekita Rivas, refinery29.com, 6 Sep. 2023
• Gomez captioned a photo of her and Franklin, much younger and giving a deadpan look into the camera while wearing matching wolf T-shirts.
  — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 11 Apr. 2023
• With his deadpan solemnity, stars-and-stripes stage sets and fusty bow ties, Mr. Russell looked more like a senator than a comic.
  — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
• But the leads have a wonderful chemistry, with Bell hitting the right notes of anger and confusion and Morales maintaining the alien’s comic deadpan.
  — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2022
• The concepts and imagery are always ridiculous, but what makes these sketches soar is the genius, amiable deadpan of Mawhinney and Ross.
  — Luke Winkie, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2021
• Triangle of Sadness Ruben Östlund offers both over-the-top comedy and deadpan subtlety in his three-act satire of the 1%.
  — Tim Gray, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023
• The dry humour often stems from Carmen, played with deadpan aplomb by Maria Luengo.
  — Callum McLennan, Variety, 3 Aug. 2023
• Hawley possesses none of Swanson’s deadpan charm but does share his disdain for those in need—and for government that tries to help.
  — The New Republic, 15 Sep. 2023
• In person, this quality emerges in the deadpan asides that Davis drops into the conversation.
  — Simran Hans, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2022
• Even the slightest modulations to her cryptic deadpan can turn her lyrics inside out.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024

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