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Recent Examples of expressionless For a stretch late last year into the early months of this year, the most withering style assessments available online came in the form of Mark Boutilier’s very round, very calm, very expressionless face. New York Times, 8 July 2021 Though Duncan played the game with the expressionless countenance of a Sphinx, inside beat the heart of a cold-blooded, competitive killer. Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 14 May 2021 Cleveland Cavaliers rookie swingman Isaac Okoro, drenched in water and with a glow on his typically expressionless face following a wild postgame celebration, had just punctuated a remarkable debut with a pair of game-winning plays. Chris Fedor, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2020 Already, Myanmar officials and thousands of supporters praised her expressionless demeanor at the court Tuesday, as Gambia spent hours detailing stories of systematic rape, murder and brutality. Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2019 See All Example Sentences for expressionless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expressionless
Adjective
  • One tactic to deal with lower demand and softer rates could be blank sailings.
    Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
  • If portions of the page appear blank and an ad blocker is enabled, please disable the ad blocker and refresh the page to ensure full access to the content.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Lewis was briefly motionless and was carted off after being attended to for about 10 minutes this past Saturday.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Her bright white legs stood out starkly against the boat, looking almost motionless in the frame.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • But the most spectacular aspect of Nuestra Tierra may be its use of drone camerawork, and the way Martel uses the unsettling stillness of a drone as the eye of an impassive god, looking down at the wrongs carried out by those on the ground.
    Vulture Staff, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
  • There are also plenty of promotional materials dating from the building’s launch, and in one video clip, Kurokawa sells the merits of the building to an impassive audience of smoking businessmen.
    Anthony Paletta, Curbed, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Expressionless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expressionless. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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