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

If Chauvin maintains the same impassivity he demonstrated throughout the trial, Judge Cahill might decide to add a few years to whatever sentence he has carefully calculated in advance.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2021

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

The weight of appreciation and the threat, which was never spoken, of a return to Momma were burdens that clogged my childish wits into impassivity.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou