How to Use expressionless in a Sentence

expressionless

adjective
  • Quinones seemed calm and expressionless during the chase.
    SFChronicle.com, 8 Sep. 2019
  • Subjects were shown pictures of two expressionless male faces over and over.
    Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 11 Sep. 2012
  • At least in the case of Cosby, who is played by a white woman (gulp), the expressionless line-readings are probably for the better.
    Dan Jakes, Chicago Reader, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Quinones seemed calm and expressionless during the chase, sometimes glancing in the rearview mirror.
    CBS News, 8 Sep. 2019
  • Quinones seemed calm and expressionless during the chase, sometimes glancing in the rearview mirror.
    chicagotribune.com, 8 Sep. 2019
  • By 25 minutes in, my boyfriend, amused by frozen, expressionless face started showing me cat videos, and with each restrained smile a new line on the mask emerged.
    Lindsay Schallon, Glamour, 31 Oct. 2017
  • One of the most significant aspects for me was having the face serene and expressionless.
    Coastmag, Orange County Register, 2 Feb. 2017
  • Through all of them there is this central character, a mostly expressionless young man said to look like the artist but not meant to be, in Ishida’s view, a self-portrait.
    Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 13 Nov. 2019
  • Its icy aura of inevitability befits a film whose central character goes from client to client like a polite, expressionless deputy of the Grim Reaper.
    Stephen Holden, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2016
  • That whole expressionless thing didn’t last long, however.
    Graeme McMillan, WIRED, 29 Apr. 2018
  • Soon enough, staring into Meyer’s expressionless face, those fans added their own opinions, calling for Helton to be replaced by Meyer.
    Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2019
  • The 47-year-old, wearing a blue suit and blue tie, was expressionless as the charges against him were described.
    ABC News, 19 May 2026

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