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