impassive
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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
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
Mr. Xi was impassive, but his wife, Peng Liyuan, smiled broadly and applauded.
From New York Times • May 7, 2024
Menzies, who plays him minus the historical Stanton’s impressive whiskers, the better to appear a 21st-century screen hero, catches his well-documented resolve, seriousness, impatience and impassive imperiousness.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024
They were impassive whenever she wavered, and firmly recalled her to her earliest statements.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing impassive
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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