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Definition of stony-faced in English: stony-facedadjective Showing no emotion; impassive. a cold-blooded, stony-faced assassin the foreign minister sat stony-faced and without applauding Example sentencesExamples - Another American, stony-faced and wearing dark glasses, came out and stood close enough to listen.
- They run into a stony-faced receptionist who is not inclined to listen to their sales pitch.
- Murphy looked on stony-faced, showing no emotion.
- A stony-faced Chancellor refused to comment.
- Looking stony-faced, he left the police station on bail in a taxi after being questioned for six hours.
- However, even the worst sketches elicit a happy groan rather than stony-faced silence.
- For their part, the women sat stony-faced, watching their menfolk make fools of themselves.
- Right after Harrington pitched in from 70 yards for his second eagle of the day, his companion walked stony-faced from the green to the next tee.
- The campaigners, however, face a stony-faced industry with the law on its side.
- When he occasionally raised his head, the look was one of stony-faced indifference to what was happening around him.
Synonyms solemn, earnest, serious, sombre, sober, severe
Definition of stony-faced in US English: stony-facedadjectiveˌstoʊniˈfeɪstˌstōnēˈfāst Showing no emotion in one's face; looking very serious or gloomy. a cold-blooded, stony-faced assassin the foreign minister sat stony-faced and without applauding Example sentencesExamples - They run into a stony-faced receptionist who is not inclined to listen to their sales pitch.
- When he occasionally raised his head, the look was one of stony-faced indifference to what was happening around him.
- Looking stony-faced, he left the police station on bail in a taxi after being questioned for six hours.
- Murphy looked on stony-faced, showing no emotion.
- For their part, the women sat stony-faced, watching their menfolk make fools of themselves.
- The campaigners, however, face a stony-faced industry with the law on its side.
- However, even the worst sketches elicit a happy groan rather than stony-faced silence.
- A stony-faced Chancellor refused to comment.
- Another American, stony-faced and wearing dark glasses, came out and stood close enough to listen.
- Right after Harrington pitched in from 70 yards for his second eagle of the day, his companion walked stony-faced from the green to the next tee.
Synonyms solemn, earnest, serious, sombre, sober, severe
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