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straight face

noun as in serious expression

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More cool than what I have seen on TV because sometimes you see straight face and stuff so I thought he was cold... someone who doesn't talk a lot.

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The weirdest ones earned him a recurring guest gig on “Late Night with David Letterman,” where he’d swear with a straight face that every story was true.

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Played with a straight face, “Weapons” could ignite major, necessary conversations about the fear parents have of sending their children to school and the long-term ramifications of unfathomable violence.

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Paltrow keeps a straight face while gently steering the narrative back to Astronomer’s actual product: data pipeline orchestration.

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"I think looseheads around the globe are quite weird people," he said, again with a straight face.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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