impassive
Example Sentences
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Rocky declined to testify in his own defense and sat largely impassive during the trial, brightening only when Rihanna or his kids showed up in the gallery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2025
The normally impassive Carsley finally let his emotions out after the final whistle, joining the celebrations with his players, beaming as he wrapped an equally elated Jones in a bearhug.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2024
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
He turned to the wall with a face impassive as granite.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Vocabulary lists containing impassive
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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