poker-faced
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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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 • Jun. 5, 2024
Even through the more dramatic moments of the day, they remained poker-faced.
From Slate • May 29, 2024
Three years ago, Nancy Miah had never heard of the fictional, Dutch, poker-faced bunny known as Miffy.
From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2023
They remained poker-faced, urging Washington to discuss the issue through “quiet diplomacy without releases of speculative information.”
From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2022
At the stroke position was a fourth member of last year’s freshman crew: poker-faced Don Hume.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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