Sentence examples for deadpan voice from inspiring English sources

He told hilarious stories in a deadpan voice.

Singer John McCrea said Cake was "here to serve you tonight" in a deadpan voice and almost militaristic style.

When he finished his dance, the announcer declared in her deadpan voice: "Time: four minutes and 52 seconds".

His deadpan voice, striking out from Dylan's example into a Sinatra-murdering morgue for traditional vocal requirements, was one innovation.

It was meant to be delivered in a doleful, deadpan voice that would make the recitation all the more hilarious.

Mr. Reed sings in a vehement, deadpan voice that allows listeners to make what they will of his emotional tone.

And who was Elliott talking to in that deadpan voice-over?

And then there's the deadpan voice-over, with its chronic use of the portentous "would".

"Slow Action," from 2010, pairs semidocumentary footage of remote and nearby locales (a Polynesian island; his birthplace of Somerset, England) with a deadpan voice-over that imagines them as mysterious civilizations of the future.

The artist is seen working alone on a canvas laid out on the ground outside his studio in Springs, N.Y., accompanied by a deadpan voice-over describing his ideas and attitudes toward painting, and a dissonant soundtrack of music by the composer Morton Feldman.

"Coney Island" has a cool jazz score by Albert Hague and a deadpan voice-over by Henry Morgan.