stony-faced
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of stony-faced
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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The 1997 image of the 12-year-old prince walking stony-faced and head bowed behind his mother's coffin earned enduring global sympathy.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
The cameras panned to the directors' box, where chairman Andrew Cavenagh and chief executive Patrick Stewart stood stony-faced.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
When he isn’t mugging for Reed’s camera he vacillates between a stony-faced refusal to admit guilt and an approximation of remorse.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2024
A stony-faced Kaczynski responds: "Please apologise to the Chancellor, but it is the Polish people who will decide about this issue in a referendum," he says.
From Reuters ● Sep. 11, 2023
The teachers on either side of him were looking stony-faced.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
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