Sentence examples for drained of expression from inspiring English sources

"I have them in other places, too," she said finally, her voice drained of expression.

Robert Bresson came to mind as well, with his penchant for using actors as what I call "documentary" performers, whose line readings are as drained of expression and meaning as possible.

Eventually, I allowed myself to spy on the other people in the room, their shoulders wrapped in blankets, hands fallen open, faces drained of expression.

In the last, haunting image of her, after she withdrew from public view, she is seen riding in the back of a car, her face drained of all expression.

Her face drained of everything.

These last works, drained of color and fixed in place by the white border, have been interpreted … as expressions of despair or premonitions of death, but they could just as well be seen as renewed efforts to escape.

Drained of green is drained of chlorophyll.

Totaled cars drained of oil and trashed.

I was drained of all hope.

Tanks were drained of excess food daily.

Still, Ron gives it a shot, draining his face of expression and staring into space above the judges' heads.