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Definition of stone face in English: stone facenoun informal A face that reveals no emotions. I was surrounded by a lot of people with stone faces Example sentencesExamples - The cook's stone face melted into a warm smile.
- It was awkward facing him again after the events of last night, but judging from his stone face, he seemed to have forgotten about it already.
- She wasn't crying, but she had a stone face with no emotion whatsoever.
- The boys all had stone faces, set hard in anger and shock and grief.
- David notices Vivian's stone face, emotionless and uncertain.
- He had a stone face while his companions were all laughing with joy over their loot.
- Looking back to Seth, she found his customary stone face staring right back at her.
- Nick watched the place burn with his usual stone face.
- When she looked up, she saw Eric with a stone face reaching down for her.
- Barely being able to cover his anger, he looked at her with a stone face.
- Perhaps that explains the stone face with which he read that awful statement of apology in which he cited his friendship with a Lebanese person as evidence of his supposed open-minded thinking.
- Dr. Olson smiled at her, but Helen remained with a stone face as she looked up at the young doctor.
- Ida was flushing, though one would have to be as close as he was to her stone face to see that.
- Amelia nodded and allowed a smirk to show on her stone face.
- This time, I was straining my eyes on a dark bus and surrounded by a lot of people with stone faces.
- I was determined not to let him see my fear, so I stood there with a stone face.
- Marcus had a stone face, with a cold expression carved into it.
- She could judge nothing from John's stone face.
- Sarah tried to keep a stone face despite the emotions running deep.
- I tried to keep a straight face, but as we stared at each other both our stone faces cracked, and we ended up laughing together.
Derivatives adjective informal According to Bernard, the stone-faced city attorneys agree that the conditions of the project need to be enforced but say they can't enforce them. Example sentencesExamples - At the end he stands center stage to receive the applause, patient and stone-faced, impassive under the weight of all these strangers and their love.
- Get there early or be prepared for a long wait before the obligatory pat-down by the stone-faced bouncers.
- Barb and Paul looked at her, stone-faced and ready for the worst.
- I was waiting for them to fall out of their chairs laughing, but they just sat there, stone-faced.
Synonyms solemn, earnest, serious, sombre, sober, severe
Definition of stone face in US English: stone facenoun informal A face that reveals no emotions. I was surrounded by a lot of people with stone faces Example sentencesExamples - When she looked up, she saw Eric with a stone face reaching down for her.
- I tried to keep a straight face, but as we stared at each other both our stone faces cracked, and we ended up laughing together.
- Dr. Olson smiled at her, but Helen remained with a stone face as she looked up at the young doctor.
- Barely being able to cover his anger, he looked at her with a stone face.
- Marcus had a stone face, with a cold expression carved into it.
- Perhaps that explains the stone face with which he read that awful statement of apology in which he cited his friendship with a Lebanese person as evidence of his supposed open-minded thinking.
- The boys all had stone faces, set hard in anger and shock and grief.
- He had a stone face while his companions were all laughing with joy over their loot.
- She wasn't crying, but she had a stone face with no emotion whatsoever.
- Amelia nodded and allowed a smirk to show on her stone face.
- Looking back to Seth, she found his customary stone face staring right back at her.
- I was determined not to let him see my fear, so I stood there with a stone face.
- This time, I was straining my eyes on a dark bus and surrounded by a lot of people with stone faces.
- David notices Vivian's stone face, emotionless and uncertain.
- It was awkward facing him again after the events of last night, but judging from his stone face, he seemed to have forgotten about it already.
- She could judge nothing from John's stone face.
- Nick watched the place burn with his usual stone face.
- The cook's stone face melted into a warm smile.
- Ida was flushing, though one would have to be as close as he was to her stone face to see that.
- Sarah tried to keep a stone face despite the emotions running deep.
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