How to Use blank stare in a Sentence

blank stare

noun
  • Pretty soon, the blank stare will morph into a warm smile.
    — Cortney Harding, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • That blank stare is costing them money.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • Some people compare glassy eyes to having a blank stare on your face.
    — Cristina Mutchler, Health, 1 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • So we’re left to watch, for some of us to be haunted by Brittney Griner’s blank stare.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2022
  • His version of a double take was a blank stare, his weapon the throwaway ironic remark.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2024
  • On the sideline during games, Solomon watches with an intense blank stare.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Sitting across from Ruby’s blank stare, the detective tried again.
    — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The driver appeared to have a blank stare and smelled of an alcoholic beverage.
    — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 19 Feb. 2022
  • His emptiness and blank stare were not lost on the families in their victim impact statements.
    — Dallas News, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The man and his wife said Howze was acting strange, had a blank stare on his face and was making paranoid statements.
    — Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Wide receivers coach Marques Hagans sat at a locker stall with a blank stare.
    — Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Koy ended up apologizing to Swift, who responded to the joke with a blank stare.
    — Patrick Ryan, The Enquirer, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Not surprisingly, most people say no, dismissing him with a blank stare, a shake of the head, and once in a while, a dirty look.
    — Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 21 Apr. 2022
  • After another single, Crochet got a groundout and walked off the mound with a blank stare.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
  • But even as Landeskog describes his recovery, there is no defeat in his voice, no blank stare in his eyes or emptiness in words.
    — Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 23 May 2024
  • Griner appeared to react to the sentencing with very little emotion, listening to the verdict with a blank stare on her face.
    — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 4 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • Even in his own promo photos, his blank stare ranges, if just barely, from slightly startled to unmoved, save for a Mona Lisa smile.
    — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 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
  • As Kirk Franklin performed on a stage in front of him, Biden stood motionless with a blank stare while those standing next to him were dancing.
    — Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 June 2024
  • 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
  • Williams, who was sacked seven times, took 11 quarterback hits and had two passes intercepted, responded with a blank stare.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • The camera ultimately lingers on Cooper, a seemingly oblivious but loveable dog, who sits against the couch with his front paws up and a blank stare fixed on the camera.
    — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
  • With her blonde wig, blank stare, baby doll dress and general judgy demeanor, M3GAN is camp personified.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2023
  • There’s nothing more discouraging than getting excited about something, only to be met with a blank stare, lukewarm indifference or a dismissive comment.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
  • While most people greet these arguments over terminology with a blank stare, corporations love Style Guide Liberalism.
    — Harry Cheadle, The New Republic, 20 Sep. 2022
  • While Gigi and Emily assumed the models’ traditional blank stare, Paris couldn’t resist hamming it up for the editors looking on, alternating between a pout and a beaming grin.
    — Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2022
  • John Mellencamp’s Fans Weren’t About to Stay Quiet For every blank stare in the arena, loyal fans watching from home made their feelings known — loudly.
    — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'blank stare.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: