The judge was impassive during closing arguments of the case. From LearnThat.org.
Her impassive remoteness. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Choudhury forced herself to keep her expression impassive and nonthreatening. From Wordnik.com. [Star Trek: TNG: Losing the Peace] Reference
Ella avoided looking at him and kept her expression impassive as she served the dewberry cobbler and cream. From Wordnik.com. [Rainwater] Reference
“I would,” Lyon answered, keeping his expression impassive. From Wordnik.com. [Castles and The Lion’s Lady] Reference
Of course, Alito did not remain impassive at the most recent State of the Union speech. From Wordnik.com. [Political roundup: Whitman, Fiorina absent at Palin rally in Calif.; Angle defends TV ads] Reference
His black brows drawing down, Thomas nodded, his expression impassive, his eyes guarded. From Wordnik.com. [Hero Come Back]
Of course, Alito did not remain impassive at the most recent State of the Union speech by President Barack Obama. From Wordnik.com. [Justice Alito Will Not Attend Obama's State Of The Union] Reference
"We cannot remain impassive in the face of the horror that continues to unfold before our eyes," Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said. From Wordnik.com. [Another day, another international proposal] Reference
Keeping her expression impassive, she plunked two cubes of ice into his drink, carried it with her back to the sofa, and passed it to him. From Wordnik.com. [Ricochet]
Cromwell said nothing, but his expression remained impassive. From Wordnik.com. [The Tudors: King Takes Queen] Reference
Though his expression remained impassive, a war raged behind those shadowy eyes. From Wordnik.com. [My Devilish Scotsman] Reference
Duncan tried to keep his expression impassive, but even if he couldn’t, the judge wouldn’t have noticed. From Wordnik.com. [Ricochet]
The old man looked at the people from the West with a kind of impassive polite curiosity. From Wordnik.com. [The Speaker Of Mandarin]
However, Merriam-Webster gives 'impassive' as a second meaning of impassible, so I'm not sure why Smith would feel the need to emend it. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: IMPASSIBLE.] Reference
Some remain impassive, assuming a. From Wordnik.com. [The Montessori Method] Reference
Dead Face is expressionless, impassive, immovable. From Wordnik.com. [We Pay Them to Be Rude to Us] Reference
"Some find it hard to remain impassive on test day.". From Wordnik.com. [To Catch a Cheat] Reference
She knelt as impassive as marble, as cold and white. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
But no: nothing stirred in the silent, impassive house. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The impassive stones that receive and return so many echoes. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Hass: On Whitman's 'Song Of Myself'] Reference
There are strong feelings, too, beneath that impassive mask. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
But she spoke at length in the same impassive voice as before. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
But only his body betrayed his unease; his face was impassive and calm. From Wordnik.com. [Anchorite] Reference
The body is flexible, relaxed, perfectly impassive to ordinary stimuli. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
With a countenance as impassive as ever, he returned to Raikes and said. From Wordnik.com. [The Flaw in the Sapphire] Reference
Its people, seemingly impassive, are a subject for study, as are all the Chinese. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Far East] Reference
I was puzzled for a moment, -- they had formerly seemed so impassive, -- and then. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Far East] Reference
She was touched by it, she whom despair, fury, and threats had found so impassive. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
All available Guardsmen turned out, standing composed and impassive through the mass. From Wordnik.com. [Murder Most Odd] Reference
Sidonie had disappeared after exchanging a few unmeaning words with the impassive Frantz. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Plump and impassive, dressed in black, she sits in a plastic chair outside in the shade to stay cool. From Wordnik.com. [Life Amid The Ruins: Gazans Still Feel Under Siege] Reference
Sue Ellen stared angrily at the man, whose impassive face absorbed the force of her glare without changing expression. From Wordnik.com. [A Day at the Fair] Reference
"" I've lost nearly everyone, '' he said, his voice a soothing baritone, his handsome, bearded face an oddly impassive mask. From Wordnik.com. ['I've Lost Nearly Everyone.'] Reference
The appearance of children and young adults engrossed in such games is an impassive, unblinking stare -- usually with mouth open. From Wordnik.com. [Who's The Real Karmapa?] Reference
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