straight face
Example Sentences
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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, apparently with a straight face, hailed the new arrangement as “the beginning of the next future for financial engineering.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
"It was the first time, it was all pretty much new to me," he said, adding the main issue was keeping a straight face and not laughing.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
A decade later, it’s hard to believe someone wrote that with a straight face, especially as polls show that men are more eager than women to settle down and build families.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
The U.S. team has been riding a magic carpet, to the point people have been talking with a straight face about going all…the…way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Standing in his underwear holding the notebook, he looked like somebody out of an old, funny movie and Brian had trouble keeping a straight face.
From "The River" by Gary Paulsen
