The phrase
"blank stare" refers to a facial expression where someone looks and their eyes appear empty or without emotion. It usually shows that the person is not engaged or not understanding something.
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I expect there will be lots
of blank stares when she finishes her little speech.
How could they
give blank stares at something as Tasty and Amazing as Oreo Stuffed into Anything!
It's helpful to call ahead, because you'll sometimes get
blank stares when you ask for them!
It makes a bunch of those random prepaid phones you see in the back of carrier stores, but ask most Android fans what they think about ZTE, and you'll get a bunch of
blank stares in...
Well, on the few occasions where I've asked my employer at the time to fund a trip down to Los Angeles to cover the event, I've received
blank stares at best and laughter at worst.
Three years ago when I mentioned competency - based, or mastery, learning to a state legislator, I invariably
received blank stares.
It's funny, because when I explain the city to my boys (like i did above) they look at me with
blank stares like «why do you love it there so much?»
You keep telling your associates and anyone else who will listen that the use of «and / or» is unnecessary and damaging to the sentence in which it is written, but you get nothing
but blank stares back.
Plemons does more in his glazed -
eyed blank stares at time than anyone else does with dialogue.
In reality, however — as Janet E. Smith has pointed out — any such suggestion will be met with
blank stares followed by the protest, «But that would be completely different!»
When you have people who are actors of respectable quality in your film, it's best if you allow them to do more than deliver lines with
blank stares on their faces.
To this day, something as simple as preparing a spreadsheet to outline the budget and main activities for a client matter still
elicits blank stares from most partners.
We asked about it and were met with the
same blank stare we got across the country when searching for a recycle bin.
I was hampered by the fact that our translators had never heard the word «blog» and their attempts to convey the concept often seemed to meet
only blank stares.
Aside from high - profile leader Danielle Smith, who was elected in Highwood, most Albertans would probably respond with
blank stares if asked to name another Wildrose MLA.
It's a good idea for Italy, but something tells us that the words «fresh vegetables» in America would warrant a
very blank stare...
Reblogged this on dieting sucks blog and commented: I am at a loss of what to post about today,
Monday blank stare on Tuesday lol.
If you were to ask the average mom about her birthing experiences, you may be met with confusion or
blank stares because, from beginning to end, the process was controlled by everyone else.
The two big round glaring eyes are also very unnerving and eerie, they gave off no emotion, just a
cold blank stare, a pure carnivorous predator with one function.
Still continuing to argue with herself and getting slapped by just about everyone she initially meets (just one of many totally unintentionally hilarious scenes throughout this picture), Wanda succeeds in seducing both Jared and Ian while utilizing one emotion: A
completely blank stare with mouth usually agape.
Rooted centre stage, the cast and crew of the real winner, Moonlight, filing by, he wore the
horrified blank stare of the veteran actor suddenly unable to remember his line.
Mallory comes equipped with the same
intensely blank stare that Jean - Claude Van Damme used to don in his movies back in the 1980's and 90's, and the same clumsy one - liners too.
De Kooning sent a drawing, which Rauschenberg erased, creating a smudged piece of paper titled «Erased De Kooning,» which now hangs in SFMOMA,
inspiring blank stares.
Ten years ago, the notion of a blue - chip New York contemporary - art gallery opening an outpost in Aspen, Colo., would have
encountered blank stares.
while holding up a bunch of tomatoes, Oliver gets
blank stares before one student queries «potatoes?»
The pop culture references that the 30 + crowd takes for granted, and have shaped how we think and talk about things, too often
invite blank stares from the under - 30 set.
I find I mostly still get
blank stares when I bring up some of the upcoming challenges / opportunities in the space.
accent; Sharlto Copley's sub-Tarantino buffoonery; and Brie Larson's
blank stare in an underwritten part as a shady businesswoman.
But here's the thing: Whenever I bring up this pet peeve of mine at family gatherings or among friends, I get nothing
but blank stares and frustrated responses.
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