rock-faced

[ rok-feyst ]

/ ˈrɒkˈfeɪst /

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adjective

(of a person) having a stiff, expressionless face.

having a rocky surface.

Masonry. noting a stone or stonework the visible face of which is dressed with a hammer, with or without a chiseled draft at the edges; quarry-faced.

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Origin of rock-faced

First recorded in 1940–45

But if Democrats are faced with the reality of a glut of qualified candidates, Republicans are assembling more of a fantasy team.
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The atmosphere on campuses has gotten repressive enough that comedian Chris Rock no longer plays colleges.
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In front of this strange structure are two blank-faced, well-dressed models showing off the latest in European minimalism.
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And, as the enigmatic front man to an avant garde indie rock group, he is droll, perceptive, and splendidly weird.
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A sad-faced orange Star of David flashed across the iPhone screen as we swiped left on “James” (not his real name).
My Week on Jewish Tinder|Emily Shire|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I pictured him as slim and young looking, smooth-faced, with golden curly hair, and big brown eyes.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman
The offspring of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches, and make a noise as unclean roots upon the top of a rock.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
There lay Bob Rock, covered with blood, and apparently insensible.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
She was a plump-faced, insipid child, with fair hair and pale blue eyes, stolid and bovine in their expressionlessness.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
When she heard it there came before her imagination the figure of a man standing beside a desolate rock on the seashore.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin