How to Use blank in a Sentence

blank

1 of 3 adjective
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  • There's even a blank badge so the kids can write in their own award.
    — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 23 Apr. 2023
  • The defendant shot the 14-year-old in the head at point blank range.
    — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 July 2023
  • What the reporters didn't know, Hill said, was that the piece of paper was blank.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Just right-click on a blank part of a page, then choose Take Screenshot.
    — David Nield, Popular Science, 1 June 2023
  • For Velez's fifth birthday, a friend gave her a blank sketch book.
    — Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Bella is back from the dead, albeit with a baby’s blank view of the world.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Press and hold on a blank part of a home screen, and select Themes to see your options.
    — David Nield, Popular Science, 27 Sep. 2023
  • To the east, the blank wall of an 8-story garage, and the hum of a generator encased in it.
    — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
  • But the Post-it method isn't a guarantee that those pages will be left blank.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Grab a set of themed blank cards, make a cup of hot tea, throw on a Hallmark movie, and get to scribbling.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2024
  • And so DeBose opened the show in her dressing room, closing a binder of blank script pages.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
  • There was a bit of a fear factor in the studio, at the prospect of being before a blank canvas.
    — Leila Cobo, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Several of those shots were point blank at the victim’s head.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 21 June 2023
  • If any of these dishes aren't already in your repertoire, bring out the blank recipe cards.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2023
  • In need of a signature win, this game presents the most inviting of blank spaces.
    — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Plain oatmeal is a blank canvas, which makes a whole bunch of options work in it.
    — Ashia Aubourg, SELF, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The walls are blank, the bookshelf is empty and a few papers are scattered across his desk.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 2 May 2023
  • The idea is for little kids to project jobs and stories onto a blank canvas.
    — Time, 27 June 2023
  • First, print this adorable flower pot design and attach it to the front of a blank greeting card.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 May 2023
  • If drivers do this, then all chargers can be used, with a blank space between the two sets.
    — Brad Templeton, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • His eyes, blank and fierce, peered from under thick folds of heavy, purpled skin.
    — Mary Gaitskill, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The singer’s bio is also blank, though his posts on Threads remain intact as of press time.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The trophy, about half of its inscription space blank, sits at his feet, which are propped up on a desk.
    — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2023
  • Press and hold on a blank area of a home screen, then tap the + (plus) button in the top right, then choose from the options under Reminders.
    — David Nield, Popular Science, 6 Dec. 2023
  • There was no announcement of any kind, and the large screens on both sides of the stage went completely blank for the first time all day.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Around forty per cent of the country didn’t vote in the first round, and almost a quarter of the ballots cast were blank or voided.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Rapinoe, the star U.S. midfielder, entered the game in the eighth minute of extra time, with the scoreboard still blank.
    — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • My perfect day is sitting in a room with some blank paper.
    — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 13 June 2023
  • Gone are the days when models had to dress like a blank canvas for their various go-sees.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 14 Nov. 2023
  • In one instance, the cat will encounter an artist staring at a blank canvas.
    — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
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blank

2 of 3 noun
  • The form has a blank for your signature.
  • The actors are shooting blanks.
  • The force of the blank fractured the bone at his right temple.
    — Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2023
  • To fill in the blanks, researchers have turned to ships’ logs from the past.
    — The Economist, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Boy Brow fluffs and tints, while the pen fills in the blanks with hair-like strokes.
    — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 27 Nov. 2023
  • To fill in the blanks — too many to count — there was my mother.
    — Soraya Roberts, Longreads, 13 Dec. 2019
  • The display leaves poignant blanks for the missing pieces.
    — Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2019
  • The challenge is to be clear on what happens in the blanks, in those jumps.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Mark a 20-degree cut on the front end of each rear-leg blank.
    — David Agrell, Popular Mechanics, 1 Feb. 2020
  • And so, there's just this weird blank where Daryl was the mountain man out there.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2021
  • This is a great example of how your brain tries to fill in the blanks of the blind spot.
    — Svenja Lohner, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Even the major producer of the foam blanks that the boards are made from was here.
    — Corky Carroll, Orange County Register, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Yakusho fills in the blanks without spelling it all out.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2024
  • For more relaxed clubs, try Kater Blau and ://about blank.
    — National Geographic, 9 Nov. 2019
  • Print out the card and have each kid fill in the blanks, or ask younger kids the questions and record their answers.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 May 2023
  • Bring a blank living room to life by hanging a gallery wall.
    — Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2020
  • That caused the blank to propel the dummy round out of the barrel, striking Lee.
    — Justin Curto, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2021
  • She was shot point-blank and died just steps from her doorway.
    — Michael Canyon Meyer, Outside Online, 24 June 2019
  • Filling in these blanks was a painstaking effort for the team.
    — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The base is blank and probably once fit into a hole in a pedestal.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2020
  • When the fusilade began, a friend standing next to Jeff assumed the rounds were blanks, and turned to Jeff to tell him so.
    — Paul Schleis, cincinnati.com, 4 May 2020
  • Storm researchers are looking to fill in these blanks, though.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Jackson fired point-blank into the vehicle, striking Rivera in the face and twice in the back.
    — Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 14 Aug. 2019
  • For those Democrats who believe in leaving the ballot blank, that is.
    — Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Aug. 2021
  • Above her desk hung a creepy marionette of a blank-faced boy, looking like a child who had lost the will to live.
    — Dave Valdes, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2020
  • The subject must choose, from a set of candidate images, the image that best fits the blank.
    — Anil Ananthaswamy, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Page by page, the kingdom grows less colorful and rich, the space on the pages surrounding the king more blank.
    — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 7 July 2019
  • In this way, studying Mars could help fill in the blanks about life’s emergence on Earth, Rapin says to Science.
    — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Once the blanks were ready, finishers would polish the discs and use a machine to create grooves and drill the holes for thread.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Check the box indicating a memorial gift and fill in the blanks.
    — courant.com, 27 Aug. 2019
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blank

3 of 3 verb
  • The goalie blanked the Falcons for two periods in the hockey game.
  • Both teams were blanked in the first and third quarters.
    — Ledeai, Journal Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Both teams were blanked in the third and fourth quarters.
    — Ledeai, The Arizona Republic, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Both teams were blanked in the first, third and fourth quarters.
    — Ledeai, Journal Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Both teams were blanked in the second and fourth quarters.
    — Ledeai, The Courier-Journal, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Instead, the floors of the apartment were concrete, the walls blank plaster.
    — New York Times, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Both teams were blanked in the second, third and fourth quarters.
    — Ledeai, The Courier-Journal, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Not since Oklahoma in 1967 has a team blanked four of its first six foes.
    — Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, 13 Oct. 2019
  • Leif Moore blanked the Trojans for six inning in Game 1 as the Jaguars won 5-2 in the opener.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Texas was blanked 5-0 by the Mariners on Tuesday and responded with a 4-3 win.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 15 May 2023
  • But the junior was blanked in the first half Saturday night, going 0-for-7 from the field.
    — Shelby Dermer, Cincinnati.com, 1 Mar. 2020
  • The Mustangs have been blanked three times this season and have scored just six points in their last last two tilts.
    — Charles Rich, Glendale News-Press, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Last season, in a non-league game, Otay Ranch blanked the Broncos 6-0.
    — Terry Monahan march 7, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The Padres had been blanked in three of their last six games through Friday, scoring one run each in two of the others.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Daniel James: The winger has blanked in three successive games after a bright start to the season.
    — SI.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • The Wildcats blanked Madison County 12-0 on the road on Tuesday.
    — Mike Perrin | , al, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Maranatha has one last nonleague game against a team that blanked the Eagles 37-0 last year.
    — Pomerado News, 25 Sep. 2019
  • The Yankees blanked the Giants for the second time in three games, taking the rubber game of the series 6-0.
    — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The Eagles were blanked 10-0 on Monday by Harford Tech.
    — Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The fill-in-the-blanking celebs this week include Adam Carolla and Cheryl Hines.
    — oregonlive.com, 30 June 2019
  • The Wings blanked the Predators in the season's first meeting, 3-0, in November.
    — Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The two of them also blanked out their eyebrows for an even more alien-like appearance.
    — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
  • In the semifinals, Wellington was blanked by the Parkland Pokers, 5-0.
    — Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com, 14 June 2019
  • The Chargers have trailed by two touchdowns at the end of the first quarter the past two weeks and were blanked in the first half in consecutive home games for the first time in 43 years.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Wily Peralta and Kyle Funkhouser combined to blank Houston on two hits through the fifth.
    — Dave Hogg, Chron, 27 June 2021
  • The Ravens were held scoreless in the third quarter, the first time they’ve been blanked for a quarter since the opening 15 minutes of their Week 11 blowout of the Houston Texans.
    — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 1 Dec. 2019
  • The Sea Kings’ starting defensive unit blanked Lakewood, though the Lancers, down 21-0, went on one prolonged drive late in the first quarter.
    — Matt Szabo, Daily Pilot, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Some games had their monitors blanked, so as to not flicker on camera.
    — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Blanchard managed to force two pop outs and a strikeout to blank Fairfield-Ludlowe with the night’s drama at its peak.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2022
  • Like Warren Central, Brownsburg was blanked in the second half.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, 1 Sep. 2019

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