How do you use Blankly in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Blankly in a sentence
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Blankly meaning
in a blank manner, especially showing no emotion or expression.
Synonyms of Blankly
Using Blankly
- The main meaning on this page is: in a blank manner, especially showing no emotion or expression.
- Useful related words include: without expression.
- In the example corpus, blankly often appears in combinations such as: stared blankly, blankly at, and blankly.
Context around Blankly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Blankly
- In this selection, "blankly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, stared, staring, looks, connived, guns and bemused stand out and add context to how "blankly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 17 stared blankly when the and also sat blankly as a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "blankly" sits close to words such as aaj, abn and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with blankly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Murphy looked at me blankly. (5 words)
I just stared blankly at the screen. (7 words)
The youth, who is now 17, stared blankly when the verdict was read. (13 words)
Unlike a perhaps more conventional portrait of a husband and wife, this Rembrandt illustrates Jans in a state of agitated urgency while Rijcksen looks blankly bemused, as though he’s just been interrupted in the middle of doing something important. (40 words)
And while the FDA might disparage that sort of hastiness, it’s tough to blankly tell chronic pain patients with few options to suck it up and wait for a laminated seal of approval. (34 words)
It told on the field, they let boundaries filter through their hands, they gave up chases without even attempting, they just looked around blankly and watched as Indian batsmen grounded, and then pillaged them. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Murphy looked at me blankly.
However, in the final period, Manigault and Blankly connived for a 13-2 run to erase the double-digit deficit to just one possession, 70-72.
Evil Arnie is certainly scary as he blankly guns down innocent bystanders and unfortunately named Sarah Connors.
No one has spent longer staring blankly at the "As Seen On TV" section of Walgreen's and then not buying anything than I have.
The guy was really nice to kid who just stared back at him blankly not understanding what the hell was going on.
Unlike a perhaps more conventional portrait of a husband and wife, this Rembrandt illustrates Jans in a state of agitated urgency while Rijcksen looks blankly bemused, as though he’s just been interrupted in the middle of doing something important.
And while the FDA might disparage that sort of hastiness, it’s tough to blankly tell chronic pain patients with few options to suck it up and wait for a laminated seal of approval.
As he continued to gyrate, the camera panned to show Teigen, who stared blankly off into the distance as her husband put on the show.
As Jesse struggles to remember the secret code used by Saul Goodman, Ed just stares at him blankly.
But it felt forced on opening night, too many “Rocky” rookies looking at them blankly, perhaps feeling as if they’ve crashed a party that’s not really taking flight.
It told on the field, they let boundaries filter through their hands, they gave up chases without even attempting, they just looked around blankly and watched as Indian batsmen grounded, and then pillaged them.
Mueller also sat blankly as a stream of Republicans repeatedly ripped his handling of the investigation, accusing him of overstepping his authority as special counsel.
That is a lot of space, just waiting, blankly, for the next thing to happen.
The youth, who is now 17, stared blankly when the verdict was read.
But he is already on the plane to Moscow, bearing his default expression of stiff upper lipped, blankly preoccupied reserve.
Gruden blankly looks at the numbers and resumes begging for the next 45 minutes.
Hoekstra seemed to think he could stare blankly at reporters and simply not answer, but they let him know that wasn't acceptable in their country.
I just stared blankly at the screen.
With his team trailing by three goals and Old Trafford rapidly emptying around him, Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho stood in his technical area and stared blankly onto the field.
You are about eight pixels but it is clearly you, staring blankly toward the camera as the Crazies rage around you, all facing an entirely different direction.
Common combinations with blankly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- stared blankly 4×
- blankly at 3×
- and blankly 2×
- staring blankly 2×
- him blankly 2×