poker face

Example Sentences

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Cahillane, a 6-foot-tall marathoner who sports a shock of white hair and a practiced poker face, was a seasoned food executive, fresh off the successful breakup of another food company: Kellogg.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

They will then attempt to put on a poker face and head out into the results room to take their seats on the front row, the rest of us still clueless about the result.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024

“I think he has a very good — I don’t want to say poker face — but he’s very stoic,” said Roberts.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2024

BERKELEY, Calif. — Djouvensky Schlenbaker has perfected the poker face.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 11, 2023

“You sit before us with no expression, keeping a poker face through—” “Objection!” cut in Nels Gudmundsson, but Judge Lew Fielding was already sitting upright and looking sternly at Alvin.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson