straight-faced
Example Sentences
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About Gorsuch, specifically, I think that what I learned was that he’s great at playing that straight-faced man.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
Throughout the history of popular culture, there have been many answers to the question “What’s in the Box?”—the title of the new Netflix game show hosted by a barely straight-faced Neil Patrick Harris.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
Assembling a collective of friends and collaborators including Kate Berlant, Vanessa Bayer, Conner O’Malley and others, Early has crafted something both straight-faced and silly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 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
He never actually tricked me, but he thought my straight-faced reactions were hilarious.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
