game face

noun

: a look of intense determination on the face of a game player

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web After exchanging some words, Gaga appears to give the man a clean bill of health, adjusts her game face and rejoins the party. —

Lars Brandle, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2023 Leave your chill side and wait to go with the flow to another day -- instead, put on your game face. —

Chicago Tribune, 18 Dec. 2022 Aaron Rodgers finished the game face down on the turf after sailing a lateral out of bounds on a frantic, failed final play. —

Stephen Whyno, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2022 Aaron Rodgers finished the game face down on the turf after sailing a lateral out of bounds on a frantic, failed final play. —

Stephen Whyno, ajc, 23 Oct. 2022 And the big man will briefly interrupt his routine and his laser focus, remove his game face for the duration, nod a few times, maybe raise a fist in reciprocal gratitude. —

Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 July 2022 After taking a year off from the courts due to COVID-19, the Duchess of Cambridge (and her game face) returned to the royal box, not once, not twice, but three times. —

Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 27 June 2022 Once a year at Wimbledon, the Duchess of Cambridge trades in her signature poise, and puts on her game face. —

Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 27 June 2022 Then again, Survivor is a serious game, and Drea definitely had her game face on. —

Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 May 2022 See More

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