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How to use keep a straight face in a sentence

Looking for sentences with "keep a straight face"? Here are some examples.

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At this point the cogs in my head started to turn and I almost died trying to keep a straight face.
When I heard this, it was a strain for me to keep a straight face, because seriously, the idea is laughable!
Andy looked at her trying to keep a straight face but failed horridly as he laughed outright at her.
I should have guessed that someone so apparently humourless could not keep a straight face for so long.
I tried so hard to keep a straight face but I just couldn't I went from anger to frustration to fear to indifference.
Sophia was able to keep a straight face for about ten seconds before bursting into laughter.
It is impossible to keep a straight face while looking at Tarnowski's refreshing and playful paintings!
Christine manages to keep a straight face and, despite the 45 kilos of baggage she rides with, she is wearing yet another outfit!
Even Loaded Lux could not keep a straight face, smiling as his competitor established a clear, early lead and never let up.
But luckily, because we rehearsed it for five solid days before we performed it for an audience, we got used to the funniness of it and were able to keep a straight face.
I simply do not know how he managed to keep a straight face as he read out those comments.
Sometimes, in really tragic circumstances, you just can't keep a straight face.
Aaqsiiq was the name of a game where we would try to keep a straight face while trying to make others laugh.
In fact, he says it was all he could do to keep a straight face.
Crawford managed to keep a straight face while he said all this.
He somehow managed to keep a straight face when he told her the fake name.
Both she and Hope were desperately struggling to keep a straight face.
A game in which you would try to keep a straight face while making others laugh.
Any guy will tell you that it's hard to keep a straight face when a razor is being dragged across it.
Her stupidity flabbergasts me, and I have to force myself to keep a straight face while she explains her beliefs.
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Examples from Classical Literature
We keep a straight face and play the cards tight to our chest.
It tickled him so that he had hard work to keep a straight face.
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