Sentence examples similar to deadpan emphasis from inspiring English sources

She samples her own words, in achingly bright hand-drawn script, on the screen to add emphasis to her laconic and deadpan voiceover.

Rather than rushing his jokes, he delivers them slow and deadpan, pausing for effect, using his hands for emphasis.

What we got, for the most part, was a refreshing emphasis on the sly, comic Shostakovich the fidgety, neurotic, soccer-loving genius who had somehow retained his deadpan sense of humor even as Stalin's terrors unfolded around him.

What we got, for the most part, was a refreshing emphasis on the sly, comic Shostakovich — the fidgety, neurotic, soccer-loving genius who had somehow retained his deadpan sense of humor even as Stalin's terrors unfolded around him.

Utterly deadpan?

[Deadpan.] Um, no.

Mr. Bynum nodded, deadpan.

(Emphasis mine).

(Emphasis hers).

"He would be deadpan.

"They're deadpan, disinterested.