unsmiling

Example Sentences

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The social worker was unsmiling as he said, “I thought I would give you the chance to tell me what happened today.”

From Literature

Leonor was gray-haired, untalkative, unsmiling—but she showed her care in her cooking.

From Literature

Indiana, meanwhile, went from being the team known for posting more losses than any other in Division I history to a legitimate force when it hired Cignetti, an unsmiling protégé of Saban’s in Tuscaloosa.

From The Wall Street Journal

Belichick, known for his rumpled appearance, unsmiling countenance and monotone voice, was celebrated as savant, savior and sage.

From New York Times

With their return to Ukraine just days away, the grimness of the future that awaits the trainees at the French base was perceptible in the men’s determined, unsmiling looks.

From Seattle Times