Sentence examples for droll self from inspiring English sources

See: Frank Skinner on the weekend morning show, quietly and brilliantly carrying on with his droll self.

Gore Vidal, his droll self in the documentary, says that he was brought in for repairs and recommended a hint of homosexuality, just a suggestion of "something emotional between the two," to add some snap to the relationship between Ben-Hur and Messala Stephen Boydd), the Roman tribune who was his boyhood friend.

He exudes the practiced containment and the droll self-effacement of the well publicized.

One of the charms of "Bacchus and Me" was its tone of droll self-effacement.

But here he seems reserved, droll, self-deprecating, a thoughtful and even cerebral figure.

But the voice -- the rolling baritone, with its sense of droll self-deprecation -- is undiminished in strength or clarity.

Much satisfyingly complex intrigue follows, filmed by the director and co-writer Arliss with a droll self-awareness that never descends into the distancing self-mockery of camp.

Apparently, he made his way not through novelty or superior skill but by droll self-mockery, which sometimes involved letting the audience see how a stunt was rigged.

Looking through the display, one is struck anew by the artist's droll self-assessment as a "character-ist" as opposed to caricaturist, a term implying a belittling quality not found in Mr Hirschfeld's output.

As she says in a droll, self-deprecating way that's rare in this genre of showing off, "I was searching... for a way to be one with God while a lot of other people clapped".

No matter how copious my output, distinctive my tone or personal my material, people assume I am the droll, self-effacing 77-year-old two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who retired in 1998 after 36 years as a columnist on The New York Times Op-Ed page.