impassivity

Example Sentences

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With almost documentarylike impassivity, Ford and his cinematographer, Jeff Bierman, scrutinize Emily with neither sympathy nor censure, her close-ups flickering equally between anxiety and resolve.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2022

His lack of verbal expression, however, did not reveal impassivity.

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2019

This was a performance, of course: Sanders’ impassivity was selective, and she was adept at acting like it was the media’s reaction that was strange.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2019

Carpenter, by contrast, builds her character from behind a wall of impassivity.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2019

Brought up in the wide-open, freewheeling society of Earth, I would never master the protocol, or the impassivity, so valued by Karhiders.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin