"Expressionless" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... which throughout the proceedings had been as expressionless as that of a wooden figurehead, now relaxed into a ...
— The Red Thumb Mark • R. Austin Freeman
... read his face as he stood looking at her now, but she could find no hope in it. The eyes that met hers were cold and expressionless. ...
— The Coming of Bill • P. G. Wodehouse
... immobility. The subject retains every position in which he is placed, even if it is an unnatural one, and is only aroused by the action of suggestion from the rigor of a statue to the half life of an automaton. The face is expressionless and the eyes wide open. If they are closed, the patient falls ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 • Various
... The indifference and wonder on his face gradually gave way to an expression of bitter resentment, indignation, and anger. The features of his face became even harsher, coarser, and more unpleasant. When Abogin held out before his eyes the photograph of a young woman with a handsome face as cold and expressionless as a nun's and asked him whether, looking at that face, one could conceive that it was capable of duplicity, the doctor suddenly flew out, and with flashing eyes said, rudely ...
— The Schoolmaster and Other Stories • Anton Chekhov
... endurable to so many of the waifs and strays of life. He takes existence sadly—too sadly, it may well be; but his drabs and greys provide an atmosphere that is almost inseparable to some of us from our gaunt London streets. In Farringdon Road, for example, I look up instinctively to the expressionless upper windows where Mr. Luckworth Crewe spreads his baits for intending advertisers. A tram ride through Clerkenwell and its leagues of dreary, inhospitable brickwork will take you through the heart of ...
— The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories • George Gissing
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