blank wall

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.

Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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

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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.

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“Our goal with Television City, particularly along the perimeter on our public edges, was to find a really great interface with the community. So it wasn’t just a studio with a blank wall, but we were active and engaged,” said Brian Glodney, a development executive for Hackman Capital.

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Related Words

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