as in stoic
showing no emotion
He stood there stone-faced while the verdict was announced. a stone-faced judge
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Recent Examples of stone-faced
And although lower-courts have paused some of his administration’s efforts to dismantle the government, legal battles are likely heading to the Supreme Court, whose justices – who usually sit stone-faced during the presidential address – count three of Trump’s own nominees in their number.
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Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
Gasteyer, however, remained characteristically stone-faced throughout the version that aired.
—John Russell, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
After Trump repeated his vow to take over the Panama Canal, complete with the false claim that China runs the intercontinental channel, Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris, among others, sat stone-faced, as did former President Bill Clinton.
—Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
After Trump repeated his vow to take over the Panama Canal, complete with the false claim that China runs the intercontinental channel, Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris, among others, sat stone-faced, as did former President Clinton.
—Steve Peoples, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
As his teammates sprinted excitedly onto the field, Daniels remained on the sideline stone-faced as Washington won its sixth consecutive game and fifth on the final play from scrimmage.
—Ben Standig, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
During the brief court hearing, Mangione sat stone-faced next to his attorney Karen Friedman Angifilo, who was wearing a sweater and a white collared shirt that almost identically matched what her client was wearing.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2024
Rookie receiver Xavier Worthy left the visitors locker room at Bank of America Stadium stone-faced even though his performance was full of quality moments.
—Nate Taylor, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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
Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
Gasteyer, however, remained characteristically stone-faced throughout the version that aired.
—John Russell, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
After Trump repeated his vow to take over the Panama Canal, complete with the false claim that China runs the intercontinental channel, Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris, among others, sat stone-faced, as did former President Bill Clinton.
—Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
After Trump repeated his vow to take over the Panama Canal, complete with the false claim that China runs the intercontinental channel, Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris, among others, sat stone-faced, as did former President Clinton.
—Steve Peoples, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
As his teammates sprinted excitedly onto the field, Daniels remained on the sideline stone-faced as Washington won its sixth consecutive game and fifth on the final play from scrimmage.
—Ben Standig, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
During the brief court hearing, Mangione sat stone-faced next to his attorney Karen Friedman Angifilo, who was wearing a sweater and a white collared shirt that almost identically matched what her client was wearing.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2024
Rookie receiver Xavier Worthy left the visitors locker room at Bank of America Stadium stone-faced even though his performance was full of quality moments.
—Nate Taylor, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stone-faced
Adjective
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Silence appears to be a natural response to Shula (a stoic but trembling Susan Chardy).—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
4 Mar. 2025
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But that strife has hardened her, and the woman holding the gun this time is more stoic about her kill.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
23 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Going to Naples with a ‘blank canvas’ Styler has long had a relationship with Italy, having acted in three films in the country in the 1980s and giving birth to her third child, Eliot, in Pisa in 1990.—
Lucy Handley,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
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Fraser’s doofus-y blank face essentially requires his co-stars to do all the work and, uh … ain’t no way Ford’s working that hard.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Unexpected challenges, such as economic disruptions or global crises, require leaders to remain composed and responsive.—
Dr. Sharon H. Porter,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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The 17-year-old, composed and well prepared, rattled off data about the need for youth involvement in civic decision-making.—
Mará Rose Williams,
Kansas City Star,
28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The collected cans are recycled locally, where they’re traded in for market rate for the scrap aluminum.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Feb. 2025
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McKay, whose work is known for comfortable, collected environments, instinctively picked up on that direction and ran with it.—
David Foxley,
Architectural Digest,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Both drivers have been relatively calm in the past, but that composure seemed to unravel today.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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The one child was screaming and running up and down, and the other child was really calm and quiet.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Built in 1917 as a grand hostelry that drew a who’s-who list of visitors in its heyday, it was scheduled for renovation after sitting empty for 15 years.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2025
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Hide your money anywhere but your shoe; buy a solo car; don’t wander any empty train platforms.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Stone-faced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stone-faced. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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