She was efficient and friendly, with a droll sense of humor about the world. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
A droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
KING: And it worked for your kind of droll approach. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2002] Reference
In JAFL 31: 480-481 is given a Guatemala droll which is clearly derived from the Arabian Nights form of our story. From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
He always spoilt Angela a little, and she sprang to him with a kind of droll pout. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the House, V1] Reference
I thought that was kind of droll - and I think the scientist may then have winked. From Wordnik.com. [PlanetJava] Reference
People called him "droll," and, if to be of plain, unvarnished manners and speech is to be droll, Jan decidedly was so. From Wordnik.com. [Verner's Pride] Reference
"A droll city, this Paris!" he said, in conclusion. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Mom is played with wise, droll fatigue by Ruth McCabe. From Wordnik.com. ['Tis Not A Jolly Season] Reference
She was no longer as droll and lively as she had been. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
This droll comic sleeper works for both kids and adults. From Wordnik.com. [Critical Moment] Reference
So says Karen Tumulty, who offers up this droll reporting. From Wordnik.com. [The Morning Plum] Reference
Ruscha, who can be rather droll, looks at me over his cup. From Wordnik.com. [Ed Ruscha: 'There's room for saying things in bright shiny colours'] Reference
Gaines's droll voice stands out among the Gucci-clad crowd. From Wordnik.com. [A Golden Summer] Reference
"Oh! my friends, she is so droll, she is enough to kill one!". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Then grew embarrassed when I realized she was not being droll. From Wordnik.com. [Cherchez l'homme (Look for the Man)(Revision)] Reference
Alain, a droll student with a goatee, recruited me for his team. From Wordnik.com. [The Pickup Game As a Model for Peace?] Reference
He thought it rather droll, but not so good as it could have been. From Wordnik.com. [Water for Old Bet] Reference
You read to hang out with Renko, who is always droll but never cute. From Wordnik.com. [Our Man In Havana] Reference
As a bonus, Stephen Fry musters droll solemnity as the non-singing Major-Domo. From Wordnik.com. [Strauss: Ariadne on Naxos, Christine Brewer et al, Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Armstrong] Reference
But a careful reader will detect a rather droll tone to some of the definitions. From Wordnik.com. [The Jargon Jungle] Reference
It's a warm, collaborative affair tinged with the Beautiful South's droll humour. From Wordnik.com. [David Rotheray: The Life of Birds] Reference
No one can accuse Allison of ranting, however: he's too droll and crafty for that. From Wordnik.com. [In concert: Mose Allison at Blues Alley] Reference
It is all entertaining stuff, skilfully assembled and described in a fairly droll manner. From Wordnik.com. [The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow] Reference
In the unhappy families department, it's not Tolstoy-but then Tolstoy was never this droll. From Wordnik.com. [A Mixed Bag For Summer] Reference
"Whut's Wit Dat," for example, is a droll complaint about the oceans of fast food everywhere. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. John: Righteous Anger, Graced By Wit] Reference
She lays a great stress on the accentuations, as if to make the numbers sound even more droll. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Cheney's resume is unrivaled, his contacts wide-ranging, his manner droll, avuncular and knowing. From Wordnik.com. [Heart Of The Matter] Reference
Kelly does a dollop of Pogo, but his equally droll treatment of fairy tale conventions is a revelation. From Wordnik.com. ['Toon' Anthology Offers A Treasury Of Classic Comics] Reference
"What a droll world it is -- of shame and truth all mixed up -- the ugly and the beautiful all lumped together!". From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
The cleverest samba maestros have always used the streetfest as a stage for sly political parody and droll social comment. From Wordnik.com. [Carnival Goes Political] Reference
It's called “Soupy Saturdays With the Pain and the Great One,” with wonderfully droll illustrations by James Stevenson. From Wordnik.com. [Literary Lightning Rod] Reference
What's truly wonderful is Bracken's droll delivery and the more than 200 recipes that run the gamut from appetizers to desserts. From Wordnik.com. [Three books about food] Reference
She noted with droll amusement how they observed her at meals, taking in the waste, as the urologist had observed it passing out. From Wordnik.com. [A Theology of Anorexia] Reference
Ms Harman was careful not to smile at this gallant jibe, but most of the shadow cabinet thought it very droll and smiled happily. From Wordnik.com. [Pride, and plenty of prejudice at PMQs] Reference
It was droll to see her cut out her husband in chemistry, history, and grammar, and make him confound La Fontaine with Corneille. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
That's what he does in his droll spots for AT&T, showing in one unbroken shot the many worlds a customer visits by phone in a day. From Wordnik.com. [Bite-Size Cinema] Reference
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