sober-faced

Best of all are the sober-faced portraits of Empress Sissi (whose name the café's plays on), Marie Louise, her alleged lady-in-waiting (and the distant aunt of one of the owners) and, finally, Süssi herself, the owner's long-haired Dachshund.

The Most Agreeable Hour 2011

He turned and gave Isolde another sober-faced bow, and said, I thank you.

Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010

He turned and gave Isolde another sober-faced bow, and said, I thank you.

Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010

MINNEAPOLIS & mdash; The bus stops on the cemetery path and the silver-haired men file out, sober-faced and silent amid a sea of white marble tombstones.

57,000 Veterans Honored By Rifle Squad Over 30 Years AP 2010

MINNEAPOLIS mdash; The bus stops on the cemetery path and the silver-haired men file out, sober-faced and silent amid a sea of white marble tombstones ....

57,000 Veterans Honored By Rifle Squad Over 30 Years AP 2010

He turned and gave Isolde another sober-faced bow, and said, I thank you.

Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010

You knew the Sex and the City clip was coming even before the picture of the beaming bride was replaced by the more sober-faced Carrie Bradshaw.

Bella DePaulo: The New Face and Voice of the Nation 2008

Chip followed in his wake, and sober-faced Wonder Babies came over to hug the big dog for moral support.

The Sky Inside Clare B. Dunkle 2008

Chip followed in his wake, and sober-faced Wonder Babies came over to hug the big dog for moral support.

The Sky Inside Clare B. Dunkle 2008

News, but not news: no hint of connected dots, a series of unfortunate, inexplicable, isolated events read blandly by sober-faced sock puppets on TV who can hop from a horrible murder to the weather with appropriate changes in tone of voice and eyebrow position, without a moment's dead air to slow the relentless feed.

Oil, or What? Life After Capitalism 2008