blankness

The very blankness of his face said yes, he had.

And what it turned out to be was a blankness.

I thought he was looking at me, then saw the blankness in his eyes.

His eyes went from one to the other and met only blankness.

They did let everybody out, was her first thought after a moment of blankness.

But she stood with some of the old blankness back in her eyes.

That day, all she could think about was the blankness in her life.

A blankness to run at and dash your head against.

"His blankness allowed us to make him perfect in our eyes."

I tried to keep from staring at her, to school my face into blankness.

From the blankness of his face, it was obvious he had already heard the news.

And the blankness where she had been, the sense of something torn away.

They both looked at me with a pleasant sort of blankness.

The darkness, the blankness, turned over once more in his mind.

Sometimes confusion and blankness seemed to take over but never for long.

What can one do in the face of utter blankness?

There was a moment's blankness, then he felt his stomach fall away.

He looked around the table, seeing only a universal blankness.

It held a dead blankness that she had seen before in early pictures of herself.

I could not hear his words, for no sound existed in this blankness.

There was a moment of blankness until his answer finally sunk in.

A blankness that felt fine, but had nothing to do with redemption.

The Hero's eyes were like stars in the blankness of space.

The blankness had gone from them, he noticed with satisfaction.

I have periods of blankness, where whole days are missing.