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  • Impassive, the eyestalks watched his death-throes as the water turned red.

    DELUGE (Part 38) – Brian Keene 2009

  • Impassive, they pushed the people back, an oppressive cascade washing away all feeling.

    The Thing on Marlow Street 2010

  • Impassive, as if my response were neither good or bad, he set to work.

    Edge Jeffery Deaver 2010

  • Impassive, moody, solitary, resolute, so concentrated on one idea, and on its attendant fixed purpose, that he would share it with no fellow – creature, he lived apart from human life.

    The Mystery of Edwin Drood 2007

  • Impassive, as behoves its high breeding, the Dedlock town house stares at the other houses in the street of dismal grandeur and gives no outward sign of anything going wrong within.

    Bleak House 2007

  • Impassive attendants ranged the walls, soldiers with pikes and helmets, servants in satin coats.

    The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • Impassive attendants ranged the walls, soldiers with pikes and helmets, servants in satin coats.

    The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • Impassive” and “without expression” in another sentence later in the book?

    Interview with Good Ed & Bad Ed : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits 2004

  • Impassive, motionless, they would sit side by side on the benches of the plaza, not exchanging a word.

    The Plumed Serpent 2003

  • Impassive as he could be when he wanted to, I knew him well enough to detect the flicker of emotion across his face.

    Drums of Autumn Gabaldon, Diana 1997

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