Sentence examples for fear of blank from inspiring English sources
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.
From the outside, newspapers often look like effortless generators of opinion and fact; from the inside, the vestigial fear of blank space, of having to create not only something from nothing, but the Observer thing from nothing, in the next two days or two hours never entirely goes away.
I buy beautifully made leather-bound journals because I have lost my fear of the blank page.
People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt.
May 19: Burly, experimental post-rock collides with old-school prog-rock in the enigmatic Porcupine Tree, from the U.K. The group's latest album, "Fear of a Blank Planet," includes fifty-minute suites and contributions from Alex Lifeson, of Rush, and Robert Fripp, of King Crimson.
Procrastination due to fear of the blank page; the daunting prospect of going from 0 to 1000 words.
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 taught us all never to fear that blank piece of paper!
He walks around with "a blank, insupportable fear of being found out".
