stone-faced

Examples of stone-faced in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Robert De Niro posed a hypothetical that made the audience bust out laughing even as the actor remained utterly stone-faced. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2024 Mattison was getting ready to face Stoneman Douglas, the eventual state-title winner and perennial powerhouse, but the Cobras senior was stone-faced. Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2024 After the first couple awards, Koy made another joke about Taylor Swift being shown on camera at NFL games more than the award ceremony, to which Swift was noticeably stone-faced when the cameras panned to her. Evan Rosen, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2024 Once Trump walks through the thick wooden double doors — sometimes setting a brisk pace, sometimes lumbering, always stone-faced — his demeanor changes. Graham Kates, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2024 And in this photo Nigo [and Pharrell are] stone-faced. Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024 LaPierre sat stone-faced in the front row of the courtroom as the verdict was read aloud. Jake Offenhartz The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 24 Feb. 2024 The camera cut to Swift, whose only response, aside from remaining stone-faced, was a casual sip of Moët & Chandon. Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2024 After four seasons cycling through alliances and betrayals, the contest over which of Logan Roy’s four children would be sociopathic enough to inherit his empire concluded with a fittingly Pyrrhic victory that left them all stone-faced and bereft. Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023

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“Stone-faced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stone-faced. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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