How to Use poker face in a Sentence

poker face

noun
  • Only time will tell if her poker face and tact will help her make it to the very end.
    Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Alexandre Arnault, who was in the house, kept a poker face.
    Luke Leitch, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Tech savvy or not, this product is the perfect way to print your poker face.
    Seventeen Magazine, Seventeen, 1 June 2011
  • But despite the poker face and careful wording, Preller and Green were not on the same page … and haven’t been for a while.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2019
  • And even with her signature poker face, the actor seems to be pleased with it.
    Chelsea Avila, Allure, 19 Dec. 2022
  • His brother, James, said Steven maintains his balance on the move to first base and has a poker face.
    Mike Hutton, chicagotribune.com, 12 June 2021
  • But their demeanor mirrored that of head coach Paul Chryst, whose poker face is one of his many strengths.
    Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2017
  • That might have been how Pierce developed a poker face.
    Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Feb. 2021
  • The Ravens were weeks away from the draft, where picks will be exchanged like chips in a game of Texas hold ’em, and Newsome already had on his poker face.
    Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Kimbrough, the mission's commander, quipped that Hoshide had the worst poker face out of the entire crew.
    Catherine Thorbecke, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Maintain a poker face, don't get emotional, and build up a thick skin.
    Amanda Mitchell, Marie Claire, 29 Jan. 2019
  • Kaley Cuoco is putting on her poker face for Tom Pelphrey!
    Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 29 July 2023
  • But one perhaps did not previously have a sense of this star as one with much of a poker face at all.
    Daniel D'addario, Variety, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Reuters/Vladimir Konstantinov One of the world’s best poker players doesn’t have a poker face.
    Matthew De Silva, Quartz, 19 July 2019
  • The Argentine’s trademark poker face is shown only on the field.
    BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2022
  • No wonder the market isn't impressed by his poker face.
    WSJ, 27 July 2023
  • But while Kavanaugh’s poker face never broke down, his show of sureness on the matter did.
    Megan Angelo, Glamour, 7 Sep. 2018
  • In 2024, Lady Gaga's poker face will be televised — and bejeweled at the Super Bowl.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2024
  • P-p-p-poker face has officially reached a b-b-b-billion views.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 15 June 2022
  • Whether there’s money or makeup on the table, everyone’s sure to have a good time attempting to fool their friends with their best poker face.
    Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Ryan Pace came to the dais in the Halas Hall media center Tuesday morning wearing his usual draft-week poker face.
    Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • In his classic poker face, Eminem looks at Davidson in question.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 22 May 2022
  • What about current employees who have no obvious red flags in their background, and a good poker face?
    Chuck Everette, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Jimmy and Kim kept a poker face during Howard's funeral.
    Darren Franich, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Always had a poker face, never got her emotions involved, which is the total opposite of me.
    Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The stunned stillness in the actors’ eyes no longer seems like Wes Andersonian poker face but the result of a barrage of terrible blows.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 1 May 2021
  • Certainly, the mood was celebratory: even Wintour, known for her poker face at shows, cracked a smile.
    Raisa Bruner, Time, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Despite her blatant denial, fans think that her poker face isn't convincing enough.
    Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 30 Jan. 2019
  • True to both of their brands, O’Donnell dealt out the facts with a poker face, while King processed the news emotionally, trying to reconcile her friendship with Rose with the allegations.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Galitzine is a deft impersonator, with an old-school style of music-hall precision, and Cruz conceals secrets with a wry poker face, in the manner of Aubrey Plaza.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2023

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