stony-faced

Also stone-faced

[stoh-nee-feyst]

adjective

1. having a rigid, expressionless face.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stony-faced¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

The cameras panned to the directors' box, where chairman Andrew Cavenagh and chief executive Patrick Stewart stood stony-faced.

From BBC

While I was providing live coverage for BBC Scotland a large car with tinted windows drove past me slowly, inside four stony-faced officers from the Toulouse homicide and organised crime branch.

From BBC

After the stony-faced Norwegian crossed the line he shook his head in disbelief at what had unfolded.

From BBC

Inoue entered stony-faced and flanked by a massive firework display, not unlike how heavyweights Anthony Joshua or Tyson Fury might walk to the ring when they fight at Wembley Stadium.

From BBC

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