blank stare
noun
: a look that shows one does not understand what someone has said or does not know the answer to a question
My question only drew/got a blank stare.
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His version of a double take was a blank stare, his weapon the throwaway ironic remark.
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2024
The composite depicts a man with a short beard, hat and a blank stare above heavy eye bags.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 28 June 2024
While Trump talked, Biden often looked his way with a blank stare and his mouth open.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024
Biden’s steady decline the past few years — his stumbles, his search for words, his occasional blank stare — has been impossible to ignore.
—Kathleen Parker, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2024
The composite depicts a man with a short beard, hat and a blank stare above heavy eye bags.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 28 June 2024
While Trump talked, Biden often looked his way with a blank stare and his mouth open.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024
Biden’s steady decline the past few years — his stumbles, his search for words, his occasional blank stare — has been impossible to ignore.
—Kathleen Parker, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
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“Blank stare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blank%20stare. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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