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Example sentences for "impassiveness"

Lexicographically close words:
impassible; impassion; impassioned; impassive; impassively; impassivity; impasto; impatience; impatient; impatiently
  1. But that Lord Fotheringay felt on the whole greatly flattered by the impassiveness of Edmund Airey's face after his announcement, Edmund Airey did not for a moment doubt.

  2. Now he was used to his fashionable patients and had ceased to wonder, and Luke's impassiveness on hearing of his uncle's sudden illness did not necessarily strike him as indifference.

  3. The same desire exists in a far stronger degree when the ice is a moral one--one that covers the real nature of another man: the cold impassiveness that hides the secret orchard to which no one but the owner has access.

  4. Hastening into the post office, he stood betraying his impatience by his very impassiveness while a sallow-faced woman tossed the letters out upon the counter.

  5. Impassiveness is the characteristic note of the Indian.

  6. Both Quichuas and Aymaras have that remarkable impassiveness and detachment which belongs to all the American peoples and which in the Old World one finds only in some of the East Asiatic races.

  7. He did not care to ask, awed by the calm impassiveness of her face, by those solemn eyes looking past him on the great, still forests sleeping in majestic repose to the murmur of the broad river.

  8. It was, however, interesting to watch the people, and to note their enthusiasm, with no impassiveness now, as well as the peculiar mixture of costumes.

  9. In spite of the fact that he recognised in the curious impassiveness of these people the fundamental qualities of courage and endurance, he resented it as a barrier which he had never been able to break down.

  10. There was no impassiveness in the poor sharp features and trembling lips then.

  11. And it was very sweet to me, because in spite of all the settled, grave impassiveness of her countenance, I could not help seeing something there which recalled dear Aunt Cotta.

  12. Naturally fine-featured and of dignified presence, the touch of the Christian faith seems to have transformed the supercilious impassiveness of their class into a serenity full of charm.

  13. I tried to cultivate the superior impassiveness of the Chinese official, but generally the delighted shrieks of the children at the sight of Jack at my feet, and his gay yelps in response, "upset the apple cart.

  14. Lone Stacy was there, too, but with a mask-like impassiveness of feature that betrayed neither the trend nor color of his thought.

  15. The defensive mask which seemed sullen because it was his idea of impassiveness set itself again, but he nodded.

  16. It had lost the marble rigidity and calm impassiveness which had characterized it during all the time of her married life hitherto; and it had not regained the careless lightness of the days before she knew Evan.

  17. Harding did not seem in the least astonished; in fact, his very impassiveness had its humorous aspect, as Appleby recognized.

  18. He made no response at once; and there was no change in his perfectly chiseled, tan features; but for all his impassiveness he managed remarkably to convey the impression that an immense calamity had befallen him.

  19. He made a sign to Hamoud, who stole forward to take his post behind the wheel chair; and the two faces regarded her with the same brave, secret look, the same queer impassiveness that was like a deafening cry.

  20. While he spoke these words, his features became animated, and his eyes flashed; but he soon resumed the impassiveness of marble.

  21. The mask of impassiveness which covered his features melted away at the sound of that melodious voice, and a deep blush suffused his face.

  22. The advantage that my impassiveness gave me over those three rascals was very evident when they slouched in, for they were all trembling and twitching with nervous excitement.

  23. It was the forced impassiveness of a strong man whose heart is breaking.

  24. He was just a great sportsman who was also an English gentleman, and he had learned certain lessons of impassiveness from the wild.

  25. He was a child of the jungle, and perhaps he had shared of that great imperturbability and impassiveness that is the eternal trait of the wildernesses.

  26. Hennion had an impulse to put his hand to the spot, as if it were burnt, but his habit of impassiveness prevented.

  27. His length and impassiveness helped him, so that he seemed to be holding it easily, but he felt like nothing of that kind.

  28. He grew crimson at a sarcasm whose impassiveness made it all the more cutting.

  29. The magistrate was so much excited, that his cold impassiveness actually threatened to give way for once.


  30. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "impassiveness" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    anesthesia; apathy; boredom; carelessness; chill; coldness; constraint; detachment; discretion; dispassion; distance; dullness; indifference; insouciance; introversion; listlessness; modesty; objectivity; patience; repression; reserve; restraint; reticence; retirement; stoicism; suppression; unconcern; withdrawal