straight face
Example Sentences
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Gaffigan is serious enough about his pursuit to say “my whiskey journey” several times in conversation with a straight face and no air quotes.
Meanwhile, up the road from MIT at Harvard Business School, the latest business review asks — with a straight face — “AI Companies Don’t Have a Profitable Business Model. Does That Matter?”
From MarketWatch
"The idea of Alan, of all people, pulling off a masterclass in deception felt about as likely as him keeping a straight face through one of his own punchlines."
From BBC
This is so obviously a market mania that I honestly don’t know how anyone on the Street of Shame can say otherwise and keep a straight face.
From MarketWatch
The others kept straight faces, but Carr couldn't manage it without dissolving into a fit of giggles.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
