An inexpressive face. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The Englishman proper is inexpressive, unexpressed. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
"Hello, dear," she said in her usual inexpressive tone. From Wordnik.com. [Disordered Minds]
Richard maintained a perfectly inexpressive countenance. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Wall]
‘The emancipation of women’ is equally inexpressive and corrupt. From Wordnik.com. [Three Guineas] Reference
His imperturbable face has been as inexpressive as his rusty clothes. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
The teenager's oval face, flushed with blood, was wholly inexpressive. From Wordnik.com. [The Kaisho]
She picked up the phone and said hello in a neutral, inexpressive voice. From Wordnik.com. [Till Hell Freezes Over]
He was light-haired and blue-eyed, with regular and yet not inexpressive features. From Wordnik.com. [The Duke's Children] Reference
When it comes to matters close to the heart, my family is notoriously inexpressive. From Wordnik.com. [Communicating Through Karaoke] Reference
But this is an unfortunate and inexpressive way of describing their relation to us. From Wordnik.com. [Theaetetus] Reference
He had answered all questions willingly, and with a countenance inexpressive of guile. From Wordnik.com. [Initials Only] Reference
Where any name happens to be vague or inexpressive, I shall say so, and suggest another. From Wordnik.com. [Moby Dick; or the Whale] Reference
He was always better with his hands than words, but this time even they seemed inexpressive. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Place on Earth] Reference
She had a pair of eyes set straight in her head, faultless in form, and perfectly inexpressive. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Clerks] Reference
His blue and oddly inexpressive eyes are fixed with pagan indifference upon the pillar opposite. From Wordnik.com. [The Waves] Reference
It was not that his face was sad, for that was another matter; but it was strangely inexpressive. From Wordnik.com. [The Portrait of a Lady] Reference
Japanese people are known though I was unaware of this before coming for being rather inexpressive. From Wordnik.com. [Musings of a Drunken Monk: May 2005 Archives] Reference
Oh, those rows of impenetrable faces gazing at the stage with their long, shining, inexpressive eyes. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
Comment que gt contente meme si ca s'voit pas puisque j'suis quand meme bien inexpressive comme fille!. From Wordnik.com. [pinku-tk Diary Entry] Reference
She studied his mask, as if its inexpressive design could possibly communicate as well as eye contact. From Wordnik.com. [The Sinister Six Combo]
He was about six feet high, stoutly built, with a heavy, inexpressive face, and a clear, sharp gray eye. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
His visage was pale and emaciated, his countenance haggard and ghastly, his eyes inexpressive and glazy. From Wordnik.com. [Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father] Reference
Maigret in his chair, facing a rack of pipes, was as inexpressive as a wax figure at the Musée Grévin. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Informer]
How ideal is the reality of life! and the inexpressive cause of grief is the consciousness of that truth. From Wordnik.com. [A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition] Reference
Bagoas 'face remained inexpressive; but tears ran from his eyes in silence, like blood from an open wound. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral Games]
It may be shattered with feeble and inexpressive demands, but all the same it is gone, and it is unreturning. From Wordnik.com. [The Life Radiant] Reference
I know this can be a challenge sometimes, especially if you are someone who has grown up in an inexpressive family. From Wordnik.com. [Sophie Keller: How Happy is...Yes, You Can! Obama's Guide To Personal Change] Reference
She was engaged in contemplating with a studiously inexpressive countenance the stub of her precious and only pencil. From Wordnik.com. [Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls] Reference
Aymer's voice was quite level and inexpressive, but his father leant forward and put his hand on his, saying hastily. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference
A line of equal thickness is a very dead and inexpressive thing compared with one varied and stressed at certain points. From Wordnik.com. [The Practice and Science of Drawing] Reference
Page 82 down her shoulders, her blue eyes were gentle though inexpressive, and her healthy cheeks were like opening rosebuds. From Wordnik.com. [Clotel; or, The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States. By William Wells Brown, A Fugitive Slave, Author of "Three Years in Europe." With a Sketch of the Author's Life] Reference
Al Gore, known to be a bit inexpressive, was initially "Sawhorse," although evolved (perhaps he complained?) into "Sundance.". From Wordnik.com. [Code Name Obama] Reference
Like they think some Robert Duvall character, inexpressive and angry but oh so moral, is somehow the ideal view of the father. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Durang: Why Is God Sending Grass Fires to Texas?] Reference
Their eyes are inexpressive, their lips pale, and every feature denotes a want of energy, weakness, and something like suffering. From Wordnik.com. [The physiology of taste; or Transcendental gastronomy. Illustrated by anecdotes of distinguished artists and statesmen of both continents by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Translated from the last Paris edition by Fayette Robinson.] Reference
The faces were cold and inexpressive, passionless faces of men and women, humans, dressed in long, black robes trimmed in silver. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons of a Fallen Sun]
“What can it be,” said she looking up into his face with her great inexpressive eyes, “that has required all this solemnity?”. From Wordnik.com. [The American Senator] Reference
Mr. Kenge was disengaged, and we found him at his table in his dusty room with the inexpressive – looking books and the piles of papers. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
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