stony-faced

[ stoh-nee-feyst ]

/ ˈstoʊ niˈfeɪst /

having a rigid, expressionless face.

Also stone-faced [stohn-feyst] /ˈstoʊnˌfeɪst/.

Origin of stony-faced

First recorded in 1930–35

Previous Beltrán Leyva henchmen had nicknames like El Grande or La Barbie and were stone-faced killers.

Trading Dime Bags for Salvador Dali |Jason McGahan |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Her daughter, sitting at the defense table, was stone-faced.

Casey's Mother's Anguish |Diane Dimond |June 1, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
For a second this morning, Madoff glanced at his victims, stone-faced.

Off to the Slammer |Allan Dodds Frank |March 12, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
It is another great town, like all the others, built with high stores, and great houses and stone-faced blocks.

North America, Volume II (of 2) |Anthony Trollope

All this lay external to the stone-faced ramparts, upon which stood heavy siege-guns, ostensibly to protect the town.

With an Ambulance During the Franco-German War |Charles Edward Ryan
Consequently there was developed, through the centuries, a series of stone-faced andenes, terraces or platforms.

Inca Land |Hiram Bingham
He was about a half-a-mile from where the barges lay moored against the stone-faced embarkment.

Wang the Ninth |Putnam Weale
He was admitted to the huge house by a stone-faced butler, who led him through a maze of corridors into a huge dining room.

Bear Trap |Alan Edward Nourse