straight face
noun
a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
straight-faced
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a word derived from
straight face.
Example Sentences
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In “Photographic Memory,” Mr. Griffith takes a straight-faced, graphic-narrative approach to his forbear’s eventful life as a traveler and innovative photographer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
“The album is not comedy,” he said, straight-faced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
Assembling a collective of friends and collaborators including Kate Berlant, Vanessa Bayer, Conner O’Malley and others, Early has crafted something both straight-faced and silly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2025
But Schaffer’s take — not a new direction, but rather an ironically straight-faced reboot of the deadpan ZAZ style — supplies the well-trodden gag with a necessary contemporary jolt.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2025
He never actually tricked me, but he thought my straight-faced reactions were hilarious.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
