stony-faced
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of stony-faced
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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Instead, the 11 skaters and team members sat stony-faced as the scores were announced.
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To the outside world it seemed an almost miraculous democratic transition, evidence perhaps that among the stony-faced generals there might be genuine reformers.
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The only time I glimpsed Andriy Yermak, heading the negotiating team from Kyiv, he looked stony-faced.
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His sister stares at him, stony-faced.
The cameras panned to the directors' box, where chairman Andrew Cavenagh and chief executive Patrick Stewart stood stony-faced.
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