blankness

Example Sentences

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The actors surrounding Thatcher, meanwhile, are a cannily calibrated bunch of game pieces in motion, with Gage making solidly funny use of performative handsomeness, looks that just as easily morph into a worrying blankness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2025

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

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2023

I've seen the blankness in his eyes during episodes of agitation as he tried to place me in his mind.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2023

The future queen, whom Brown dubs “Kate the Relatable,” has impossibly glossy hair and a Mona Lisa countenance, though her cheery public blankness does not necessarily suggest untold depths.

From Washington Post • Apr. 23, 2022

When he tried to remember her face there was a queer blankness in him.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers