poker face
Example Sentences
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Cahillane, a 6-foot-tall marathoner who sports a shock of white hair and a practiced poker face, was a seasoned food executive, fresh off the successful breakup of another food company: Kellogg.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
“And I’m just sitting there trying to keep a poker face: ‘Oh, OK, tell me more.’”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026
An earlier rolling encounter with reporters took No 10 by surprise: the prime minister's wife, standing next to the president, perfecting her poker face as the questions – and answers – flowed and flowed.
From BBC • Jul. 28, 2025
BERKELEY, Calif. — Djouvensky Schlenbaker has perfected the poker face.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 11, 2023
She puts on her poker face; I don’t have any extra faces to put on, just the normal Craig face.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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