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

His sister stares at him, stony-faced.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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