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stony-faced

[ stoh-nee-feyst ]

adjective

  1. having a rigid, expressionless face.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stony-faced1

First recorded in 1930–35

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Example Sentences

Faced with a moping, stony-faced new partner, Beth did not selflessly set aside her own pain to help.

Instantly it occurred to me that they had followed us, and at the same moment I knew who the stony-faced lady was.

His words were greeted with stony-faced stares as meaningless and void of expression as the stare of a frozen fish.

And you can't be funny, can you, when you're hypnotised by three stony-faced females all doubled up over a bunch of olive-drab?

Mignon sent a covert glance toward this stony-faced third party whom she feared.

Cries of admiration rose on every side, and the fact that the stony-faced Sally Prindle had done it only added to the sensation.

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