Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Expressionless; stonefaced.
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- adjective Showing no (or little)
expression ofemotion ;poker-faced .
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Examples
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Agen said one of the most criticized images, a still of three stony-faced Hispanic men, was bought from Getty Images Inc.
Sharron Angle 'Not Sure' If Immigration Ads Feature Latinos (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Agen said one of the most criticized images, a still of three stony-faced Hispanic men, was bought from Getty Images Inc.
Sharron Angle 'Not Sure' If Immigration Ads Feature Latinos (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Agen said one of the most criticized images, of three stony-faced Hispanic men, was bought from Getty Images.
Political roundup: Whitman, Fiorina absent at Palin rally in Calif.; Angle defends TV ads Post 2010
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Agen said one of the most criticized images, a still of three stony-faced Hispanic men, was bought from Getty Images Inc.
Sharron Angle 'Not Sure' If Immigration Ads Feature Latinos (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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I remember sitting in a theater once where everyone was hysterical laughing, and my friend and I sat there stony-faced.
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Agen said one of the most criticized images, of three stony-faced Hispanic men, was bought from Getty Images.
Political roundup: Whitman, Fiorina absent at Palin rally in Calif.; Angle defends TV ads Post 2010
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Playing to a roomful of stony-faced industry types standing at the back, and a handful of genuine gig-goers bobbing at the front, is probably no fun at all – especially when the fans are there for the headliners, Howler aka "the new Vaccines".
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Although he can be as stern as any stony-faced Puritan preacher, especially on the topic of greed, he regards our planet—the site of all our mortal trials and travails—as an irrepressibly joyous place, everywhere open to human betterment.
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At my lowest point recently, Ann turned to me, all stony-faced, and said that if the dog really was ruining my life then I had her blessing to give it to the RSPCA, knowing full well that were I to go through with it, I would never see my children smile again.
Till dog do us part 2012
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