He replied dead pan to the outrageous claim, causing the room to burst into laughter.

Her dead pan at the punchline left the audience unsure whether she was joking.

She dead pans every outrageous comment with a flat stare, leaving the room unsure whether to laugh.

The director praised the actors' dead pans, saying those stoic responses sold the entire scene.

We found a pre-dead bird under the eaves, barely breathing.

The dead-and-alive garden looked both neglected and stubbornly thriving, with wilted roses sitting beside fresh green shoots.

Before adding details, she laid in the dead colouring to establish the major color masses.

Before the outdoor interview, the sound engineer fixed a dead cat over the lavalier mic to cut the wind noise.

The researchers spent an afternoon in the dead room to test the new speaker's frequency response.

The shoreline was littered with dead fishes after the storm.