Sentence examples for blank fear from inspiring English sources

With his cracked smile and look of blank fear, he remains the most subversive thing about Modern Family.

They were good, solid leather shoes but René bleated, "Madre de Dios" (Mother of God!) while Pattyn swore, "Godverdomme" (Goddamn!)—and there was a moment, just a beat, of blank fear.

He walks around with "a blank, insupportable fear of being found out".

The Financial Times reported that sections of the bill had been completed before the election, but the contentious issue of media ownership was left blank for fear that moguls such as Rupert Murdoch would take offence.

and if you do go blank with fear, you at least have body memory of what to do that is both sensible and more likely to increase your chances of survival.

The problem with this method is that it can scare the pants off an introverted or shy person who has actually done original work but goes blank from fear of speaking up in public or from having to form thoughts quickly.

The word "Russia" evoked fear and blank images.

"I don't like to talk about blank cheques, but I fear that's where we are now," he added.

The refugees said they fear the blank papers will be seen again, with confessions written in by an unknown hand.

Instead of creating voids, Ms. Bontecou displays symptoms of horror vacui — the fear of blank space — as she fills up more and more of the page.

Unlike creative people who fear the blank page, Lagerfeld has a horror of the full page, the page that cannot be altered — the page that possesses the power to bore.