impassive
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Someone on the panel of three impassive strangers stopped me every time I made a mistake and asked me to start again.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2025
There were gasps and tears but no outbursts of emotion; the atmosphere remained sombre; Megrahi was impassive; no-one banged on the glass.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025
One of the most striking things about the video was how impassive you looked after breaking a world record.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024
So there’s a theory percolating online that if you adopt the qualities of a stone, becoming impassive and bland, then you will repel the argumentative, antagonistic people in your life who are itching for conflict.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2024
José Arcadio Buendía, impassive, did not let himself be frightened by the desperation of his wife, who, in a seizure of rage, smashed the astrolabe against the floor.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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