> 上体だけを起き上がらせ、壁に身を預けていた彼の顔が落胆したように伏せられる。

Why would he use the passive for 伏せられる。? Is it because the narrator is
"receiving" the 伏せられる? He's describing a character he's looking at
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Use of this passive in this sentence