| Out of the blankness that floated thickly through my mind, one thing bluntly shone its way through. |
| She searched his face, looking for any indication of his recognition, but still there was nothing but blankness. |
| There is a slight interior blankness that makes obsession possible, an inertness without which glamour is only camp. |
| I was staring into his pupils, the windows on the soul, but all I saw was blankness. |
| The blankness of space was bombarded by a series of explosions coming from all directions. |
| There is something vaguely fascist in that utter blankness and justification by heroism. |
