blank wall

American  

noun

1. an impassable barricade or obstacle; a situation in which further progress is impossible.

   Attempts to get information by questioning the neighbors ran into a blank wall.

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Example Sentences

Surely there are richer ways to spend time: Bonding with one’s children, a delicious meal, virtuoso cinema, a great book, trimming the cat’s claws, trimming the neighbor’s cat’s claws, or simply staring at a blank wall and waiting for the sun to rise.

From The Wall Street Journal

But for anyone sitting in the upper rows there is nothing to see but a blank wall descending from the ceiling and stopping about halfway.

From The Wall Street Journal

Delta Air Lines and United Airlines have been sued by passengers who claim they were charged extra for a window seat but found themselves sitting next to a blank wall.

From BBC

The wardrobe fills out the one blank wall I had left in the bedroom.

From Los Angeles Times

Sitting in a chair against a blank wall, he urges the Israeli government to immediately bring him and other hostages home before addressing his parents and two younger sisters, Leebie and Orly.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• barricade
• blockade
• boundary
• fence
• hurdle
• impediment
• limit
• obstacle
• railing
• roadblock
• wall