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And the pained, impassioned and sometimes impassive faces within stare right back at them.
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Her younger brother, Elwen, remained impassive.
Most constituents' predicaments arise from excessive or incomprehensible paperwork, shoddy consumer protections and impassive bureaucracies.
Lining the walls are two dozen turbaned Pushtuns, bearded, impassive and administering the public pedicure that is their inalienable right.I have called on Mr Zamin for a break from Pakistan's crisis-ridden national politics.
He approached this invisibility with a sort of exaltation.Self-portrait with numbersFrom 1968, at the end of every working day, he took a black-and-white photograph of his impassive face against the canvas.
Uniformed employees file by impassive security guards; shoes, garments and widgets leave by the truckload for nearby ports.Yet the calm occasionally shatters.
In consequence, Gans learnt to remain impassive in the face of the most egregious provocations: even, for instance, when one opponent called him "133 pounds of black meat" and when another spat in his face as they squared up in the centre of the ring.Like other black boxers, Gans was exploited by the low-life types that inhabited professional boxing.
Mr Breivik remained impassive throughout, staring at a spot on the desk in front of him as relatives of the dead wept in the rows of seats behind him.Mr Breivik maintained his cockiness when asked to enter a plea.
Its diplomats, for example, did eventually stop parroting their line about unwarranted interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state and allow United Nations peacekeepers to be deployed in Sudan.The saga over Sudan shows how sensitive the Chinese authorities have become to criticism, despite their impassive reputation.
In one vast 800-seat amphitheatre, steeply banked rows of impassive students listen to a lecturer mumbling on a distant platform.
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"Impassive" functions primarily as an adjective , modifying nouns to describe a lack of emotional expression or visible reaction. Ludwig AI confirms its correct usage in various contexts, showcasing its descriptive power.
Expression frequency: Very common
