All 3 Uses of
impassive
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Impassive faces, yet with a suspended—not an abolished—expression on them; faces, rather, in a fearful pause, as having yet to raise the dropped lids of the eyes, and bear witness with the bloodless lips, "THOU DIDST IT!"†
Chpt 2.21 *
- Madame Defarge met the lifted eyebrows and forehead with a cold, impassive stare.†
Chpt 3.3
- Of the riders in the tumbrils, some observe these things, and all things on their last roadside, with an impassive stare; others, with a lingering interest in the ways of life and men.†
Chpt 3.15
Definition:
having or revealing little emotion -- especially under circumstances others would find exciting