look blankly

Frequency: 7.25.5 per million words

to look at something with no understanding or expression

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Examples (10)

  • He looked blankly at the complex equation on the board.
  • She just looks blankly ahead, unable to process the news.
  • Stop looking blankly out the window and pay attention!
  • After the accident, the driver just sat there and looked blankly into space.
  • The old man looked blankly at me, as if he didn't recognize his own son.
  • When I asked him where he had been, he simply looked at me blankly.
  • The exhausted students looked blankly at the professor during the early morning lecture.
  • Why are you looking blankly at me? Did you not understand the question?
  • If you mention her past, she will just look blankly at you and change the subject.
  • The patient would often look blankly at the wall for hours on end.