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.
Examples of blank stare in a Sentence
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Sitting across from Ruby’s blank stare, the detective tried again.
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Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
While the 52-year-old comic received nothing but a blank stare from Taylor Swift over his jab at her NFL screen time, his Barbie joke elicited a much worse reaction from his audience of A-listers.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 15 Jan. 2024
Koy ended up apologizing to Swift, who responded to the joke with a blank stare.
—Patrick Ryan, The Enquirer, 8 Jan. 2024
On the sideline during games, Solomon watches with an intense blank stare.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2023
As House staff distributed copies of the report to all 150 members, Slaton sat at his desk with a blank stare.
—Dallas News, 6 May 2023
With her blonde wig, blank stare, baby doll dress and general judgy demeanor, M3GAN is camp personified.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2023
Big ones and little ones, smudging your thoughts, snacking on syntax, gumming up your words until a blank stare feels like a perfectly reasonable response to just about anything.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022
Comedy can be cruelly fleeting; one generation’s belly laugh is often the next one’s blank stare.
—Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022
Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
While the 52-year-old comic received nothing but a blank stare from Taylor Swift over his jab at her NFL screen time, his Barbie joke elicited a much worse reaction from his audience of A-listers.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 15 Jan. 2024
Koy ended up apologizing to Swift, who responded to the joke with a blank stare.
—Patrick Ryan, The Enquirer, 8 Jan. 2024
On the sideline during games, Solomon watches with an intense blank stare.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2023
As House staff distributed copies of the report to all 150 members, Slaton sat at his desk with a blank stare.
—Dallas News, 6 May 2023
With her blonde wig, blank stare, baby doll dress and general judgy demeanor, M3GAN is camp personified.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2023
Big ones and little ones, smudging your thoughts, snacking on syntax, gumming up your words until a blank stare feels like a perfectly reasonable response to just about anything.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022
Comedy can be cruelly fleeting; one generation’s belly laugh is often the next one’s blank stare.
—Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022
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“Blank stare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blank%20stare. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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