blankness

Example Sentences

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Yet if you peeled away his blank smile, you’d just find more blankness.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024

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

A substantial supply of gray clouds overhead, often seeming to roll from horizon to horizon, blotting out sunshine, helped to hint at the blankness and bleakness that many associate with winter.

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2023

There was a shocked blankness on the computer screen after Jen’s entry.

From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix