stony-faced
adjective
having a rigid, expressionless face.
stone-faced
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a variation of
stony-faced.
Example Sentences
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There was no repeat of the scuffles which have punctuated parts of the build-up, with Benn remaining stone-faced before the pair were separated.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
And so, as these fighters walked stone-faced to the octagon, we bore witness to the revolting spectacle of the troops saluting fighters.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
“I think that might be the first time I’ve seen you smile,” Poe tells him 14 minutes into the second episode, up until which time he’s been consistently stone-faced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
Mr. Ozon’s star is the appropriately stone-faced Benjamin Voisin as Meursault, who like Camus is an ethnically French citizen of Algeria, which for more than a century was a French colony.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
My dad sits stone-faced at the kitchen table.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
