poker-faced
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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But the company’s official response to the stunning turn of events has been poker-faced.
From Los Angeles Times
The most endearing moment happened during the pandemic when videos of him working out - poker-faced and staring right into your soul - sparked waves of jokes online.
From BBC
Coach Matt Peet is normally poker-faced but laughed uproariously in the stand at the sheer impertinence and invention.
From BBC
This certainly isn’t the first time the typically poker-faced singer has had to shut down rumors about her body.
From Los Angeles Times
A melancholy tale of family dysfunction presented as a complicated crime thriller, it combines British regionalism with peak TV-style poker-faced comedy in a way that has made it a critical darling around the world.
From New York Times
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