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Recent Examples of Synonyms for straight-faced
Adjective
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Working with high ranking creatives and executives including Douglas Fairbanks, Joseph M. Schenck and Edward F. Cline, he became known for performing exaggerated stunts and physical comedy with a deadpan facial expression.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
19 Jan. 2023 -
Wet Leg, with its deadpan wit and post-punk guitar sound, loosely resembles the B-52s, if Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson had led the band.—
John Seabrook,
The New Yorker,
16 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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Subjects were shown pictures of two expressionless male faces over and over.—
Elizabeth Preston,
Discover Magazine,
11 Sep. 2012
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Bale ran to the corner of the pitch, and, having been an expressionless bystander for much of the evening, shouted in ecstasy.—
Hua Hsu,
The New Yorker,
21 Nov. 2022
Adjective
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The new Snow White represents progressive mediocrity — the antagonism between Snow White and her evil stepmother (Gal Gadot) is bland and uninteresting after the remarkable modern version White as Snow that starred Lou de Laâge and Isabelle Huppert.—
Armond White,
National Review,
26 Mar. 2025
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The whodunit's central mystery is also half-baked: the death of Wynter is as bland as Esposito's character is in flashbacks.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The entertaining aisle offers pretty paper napkins, wooden platters and bowls, melamine trays, and tablecloths.—
Brennan Long,
Southern Living,
26 Mar. 2025
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Bronze coins related to Ptolemies and of Antiochus IV, weapons, wooden tools and fabrics were found too.—
Ashley J. DiMella Fox News,
FOXNews.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Only at the end of the second episode does the stoic fixer allow himself to be unleashed.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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Jack Schumacher’s Yancy Grey, who can be seen later on in the trailer risking it all for a rodeo ride, asks Cap Fuller (James Brolin) about the stoic Staten.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Here again is that inexpressive mode that Enelow identified in film performance, hiding a dark pool beneath; what can’t be acknowledged isn’t just an individual’s pain but the larger suffering that undergirds it.—
Lidija Haas,
Harper's Magazine,
3 Mar. 2025
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The characters’ inexpressive faces are closer to Noh theater than to the Globe.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Graham was formerly the state’s last dry county, but voters narrowly approved a ballot referendum to allow alcohol sales in the county in 2021, WUNC reported.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Mar. 2025
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The hydrating body lotion also boasts hyaluronic acid to help keep dry skin moisturized for up to 24 hours.—
Brigitt Earley,
Glamour,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Chris is young and eager to impress; Duncan, who’s being reluctantly put out to pasture after this last mission, is jokey and irreverent (not a stretch for Harrelson); and Dave is ultra-serious, conveying authority through his stolid demeanor.—
Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Blink Twice nods at a tangle of different contemporary ailments: lifestyle fetishism, wellness hedonism, our obscene fealty to stolid tech bros and their untrammeled wealth.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
6 Dec. 2024
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“Straight-faced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straight-faced. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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