impassivity

Example Sentences

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His lack of verbal expression, however, did not reveal impassivity.

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2019

This was a performance, of course: Sanders’ impassivity was selective, and she was adept at acting like it was the media’s reaction that was strange.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2019

In “Atomic Blonde,” the actress has become an avatar of icy, murderous impassivity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2017

Other splendid actors, including Jennifer Lawrence and Rose Byrne, are constrained to rather literal and stiff deliveries of needed plot details; Fassbender is limited to a seemingly disengaged cartoonish impassivity.

From The New Yorker • May 29, 2016

After a long moment, I felt the cool impassivity of the Heart of Stone surround me.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss