straight-faced
Example Sentences
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I cannot make the straight-faced argument that the worst “Scary Movies” were held back by their source material.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
“Actually,” says a straight-faced J.D., “medicine is the best medicine.”
From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026
In “Photographic Memory,” Mr. Griffith takes a straight-faced, graphic-narrative approach to his forbear’s eventful life as a traveler and innovative photographer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
Leigh Whannell, who co-wrote the script with his wife, Corbett Tuck, is into straight-faced psychological trauma over spook-show theatrics.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025
And he said it so straight-faced, but he had to be joking.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
