adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
stare blankly (= without emotion, understanding, or interest )
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Lucy stared blankly at the teacher.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
gaze
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The tea forgotten, she gazed blankly through the window.
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Katherine lay on the bed which had become hers and gazed blankly at the ceiling.
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He walked off and I gazed blankly at the cricket match.
look
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Wade looked blankly at the table.
stare
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When they had gone, Washington stared blankly into his future.
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I stared blankly , his meaning lost.
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After he had gone, she stared blankly at the stack of boxes he had left.
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It was a face that was interesting rather than classically handsome, she thought, staring blankly at him.
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Soon, Nohemi stopped and stared blankly at the wall for several minutes.
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She stared blankly at the wall above the phone table.
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Say your two-year-old is staring blankly into space and absently running his fingers along a toy car.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But he only looked at her blankly , and gave no rueful half-smile in collusion.
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Forby lay awake but staring blankly at the ceiling.
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I stared blankly , his meaning lost.
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Marcus looked at Pete blankly for a moment.
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Several surprised faces looked blankly at her, including those of the chief trouble-makers.
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The tea forgotten, she gazed blankly through the window.
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Wade looked blankly at the table.