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Six example sentences with droll, each labelled with its topic.
The lead delivers every line with a droll shrug, as though the disaster around him were mildly interesting weather.
Movies
Her essays are droll rather than funny, the sort of writing that produces one quiet snort per page.
Literature
The guide kept up a droll commentary about the bus, the weather and his own catastrophic sense of direction.
Travel
The game's droll narrator comments on your failures with a sigh, which makes dying strangely enjoyable.
Gaming
His droll cartoons show cats running the office, and the funniest one has them ignoring a ringing phone.
Art
The coach's droll answers at press conferences were so dry that reporters sometimes missed the joke entirely.
Basketball
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