“I recall he listened rather impassively, but it was not until he saw me next week in the office that I realized he was seething with anger.”

“With a yelp of pain, he started hopping on one foot, glaring and cursing at the tree, which stood calmly and impassively before him.”

“Its wrought iron surface stared at him impassively, the fathomless depths of shadow that served as eyeholes piercing him like knives.”