poker face
Example Sentences
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She had a poker face, but I could tell she did not like my response.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
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
"What a rollercoaster. I was awful at lying, I had no poker face and here I am a winner," Carr said.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025
Then, her room-commanding gaze as politician Shirley Chisholm in “Mrs. America,” followed by her nuanced poker face as therapist Dr. Brooke Taylor on the fourth season of “In Treatment.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025
Izzy, Lexie had always said, had no poker face, and it was true: Izzy never bothered to hide her feelings, didn’t even know how.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
