blankness

Example Sentences

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At times, "Midas Man" seems to approach these moments with an odd sense of blankness.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2025

There was just a total blankness, a pain that really overwhelmed it.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2023

Lynsey emerges from a state of anxious blankness, recovering language, memory, physical coordination and the contours of her personality.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2022

Redmayne, an actor who tends to call attention to his own subtlety, works hard to make that blankness sinister.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2022

The abrupt ending and the expanse of blankness at the bottom of the page mirror the finality of the decision to move and the uncertainty of the life that lay ahead.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker