Sentence examples for a deadpan expression from inspiring English sources

With a deadpan expression, the guard replied: "I wouldn't go out.

Chris put the scope on it, had a long look, and turned to me with a deadpan expression.

"The national team comes first and it comes before my family," said Bilardo with a deadpan expression.

Gone is the mischievous smile, replaced by a deadpan expression that does not change in happiness or sorrow.

He has the somewhat rumpled hat and face of a man accustomed to living on his wits, carries a worn bag of tricks and wears a mime's black turtle-neck, slacks and slippers, along with a deadpan expression.

He lost one lamb to bloating earlier this year, another to parasites and a third when he gave an underperforming animal to a friend who wanted a lamb roast ("Layoffs," he said with a deadpan expression).

Kmett'Pendry had a mysterious deadpan expression that you felt hid a laugh; Lifson was more opaque, but just as game.

The 30-second ad -- which will reportedly air Monday night during the Home Run Derby -- begins with "Sports Center anchor Jay Harris, with a perfectly deadpan expression, explaining how the heavy metal rockers don't have a lot to do around ESPN headquarters since New York Yankees' relief pitcher Mariano Rivera retired last year.

"Spirit Walker" is a minor masterpiece of wobbly psychedelic folk, while "Your Party" is an obstinately deadpan expression of gratitude ("We had the best time at your party/The wife and I thank you very much"), complete with smooth saxophone from David Sanborn.

The cop is talking to a chalk-faced young man whose deadpan expression gives nothing away except a general mistrust of law enforcement.

It foreshadowed Shame in that there was little dialogue and relied on the actor's ability to communicate physically – his deadpan expression transmitting a kind of transcendent disappointment – and like the later film was gruelling to shoot.