straight-faced
Example Sentences
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At once straight-faced, sacrilegious and scatological, “Team America” needed nine tries to eke past the MPAA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
In “Photographic Memory,” Mr. Griffith takes a straight-faced, graphic-narrative approach to his forbear’s eventful life as a traveler and innovative photographer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
But Schaffer’s take — not a new direction, but rather an ironically straight-faced reboot of the deadpan ZAZ style — supplies the well-trodden gag with a necessary contemporary jolt.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2025
Still, it’s a pleasure to enjoy something that’s both straight-faced and freewheeling, like a jazz pedagogue who also knows how to get a crowd dancing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2025
She was straight-faced and matter-of-fact as she stacked up several of the spotting blocks so that she could stand level with the bar.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
