How to Use poker face in a Sentence

poker face

noun
  • As men we are trained to put on a poker face and hide our emotions.
    — Marc Berman, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Tech savvy or not, this product is the perfect way to print your poker face.
    — Seventeen Magazine, Seventeen, 1 June 2011
  • And even with her signature poker face, the actor seems to be pleased with it.
    — Chelsea Avila, Allure, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Maintain a poker face, don't get emotional, and build up a thick skin.
    — Amanda Mitchell, Marie Claire, 29 Jan. 2019
  • Throw on a poker face — and make sure a third party takes a peek at the speech prior to the nuptials.
    — Bailey Richards, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • Talk to me about maintaining your poker face going into the field.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Needless to say, the golden retriever doesn't have much of a poker face.
    — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Here is where Aaron’s poker face (and poker voice) really fails him.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
  • 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 brought out a little grin from the 20-year-old, who already has one of the great tennis poker faces.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • But while Kavanaugh’s poker face never broke down, his show of sureness on the matter did.
    — Megan Angelo, Glamour, 7 Sep. 2018
  • Despite her blatant denial, fans think that her poker face isn't convincing enough.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 30 Jan. 2019
  • The Argentine’s trademark poker face is shown only on the field.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 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
  • What about current employees who have no obvious red flags in their background, and a good poker face?
    — Chuck Everette, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
  • This is a classic definition of someone not having a poker face.
    — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • Always had a poker face, never got her emotions involved, which is the total opposite of me.
    — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • In his classic poker face, Eminem looks at Davidson in question.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 22 May 2022
  • But Guadagnino, alive to the pleasure of every line reading, maintains a pretty good poker face.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • While Angel couldn’t contain her excitement, Julian kept more of a poker face.
    — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Much of that success was due to Whitmer’s harping on having a poker face and a next-play mentality.
    — Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Reuters/Vladimir Konstantinov One of the world’s best poker players doesn’t have a poker face.
    — Matthew De Silva, Quartz, 19 July 2019
  • For all that the quiet, reserved running back often doesn’t say in front of cameras, Singleton doesn’t have a poker face.
    — Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Rather than trying to maintain a poker face and hide any semblance of guilt, the golden retriever instead looked delighted with a big smile on its face.
    — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Mom may have been able to keep her poker face, but Princess Charlotte had to remove her glasses to get a better look of the action during the match.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 18 Apr. 2026

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