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Mr. Campion repeated the name blankly but as recollection came to him his eyes widened.

More Work for the Undertaker Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1949

Mr. Campion repeated the name blankly but as recollection came to him his eyes widened.

More Work for the Undertaker Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1949

I love that boy dearly, but when he's not-entirely-sober, he tends to spend large amounts of time staring at me somewhat blankly, which is really unnerving when I'm trying to concentrate on something else, particularly if it's something like writing, where I have to use a different portion of my brain than I do for photoshopping, or reading something, as far as I can tell.

jaxraven Diary Entry jaxraven 2007

The desire in his eyes cracked into a thousand pieces like the shards of the Portal mirror at Renwick’s, and for a moment his expression was blankly astonished.

Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009

The desire in his eyes cracked into a thousand pieces like the shards of the Portal mirror at Renwick’s, and for a moment his expression was blankly astonished.

City of Glass Cassandra Clare 2009

Why, he looked at me kind of blankly, and I swear he acted as though he had almost forgotten it already.

The Treasure-Train 1908

The hallmarks of much postmodernism are there, though it's more postmodern filmmaking than literature: a kind of blankly ironic (so self-conscious it's self-neutering) use of pop-culture and low-brow culture; amoral violence; a superficial identity-politics (Dave's embraced as a kind of fanboy or geek-chic vigilante, while in the movie Hit-Girl's Kill Bill, faux-feminist, grrl power gets played up); an almost irreverent, self-conscious take on old genres.

Vue Weekly Brian Gibson / brian@vueweekly.com 2010

The hallmarks of much postmodernism are there, though it's more postmodern filmmaking than literature: a kind of blankly ironic (so self-conscious it's self-neutering) use of pop-culture and low-brow culture; amoral violence; a superficial identity-politics (Dave's embraced as a kind of fanboy or geek-chic vigilante, while in the movie Hit-Girl's Kill Bill, faux-feminist, grrl power gets played up); an almost irreverent, self-conscious take on old genres.

Vue Weekly Brian Gibson / brian@vueweekly.com 2010

I opened the door and stared blankly at Bryce, holding a bouquet of long-stemmed red roses.

Recipe for Love Shamara Ray 2011

She poured some into a bowl and hunched at the kitchen island, blankly spooning the cereal into her mouth.

Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011