: showing no emotion : expressionless

Examples of stone-faced in a Sentence

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Comey sat stone-faced, staring straight ahead, through most of the hearing. Josh Meyer, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025 Portman mouthed the words throughout, while Depp remained stone-faced with a guitar in his lap, finally playing the song’s closing chords. Scott Huver, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025 The short sequence involved Stonestreet being somewhat stone-faced, talking about dodging phone calls from William's mother, played by Frances McDormand. Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Sep. 2025 Kohberger remained stone-faced and showed no visible emotion during these statements. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2025 But downtown, soldiers have stood stone-faced behind riot shields as furious protesters have flipped them off, sworn at them and questioned their integrity. Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025 But with Gino sitting stone-faced across the stage, fans are left wondering what exactly transpired between the finale’s filming and this explosive reunion. Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 31 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of stone-faced was in 1876

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“Stone-faced.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stone-faced. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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