blank wall
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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How to use blank wall in a sentence
The blank walls of one room were covered with moving projections of this cartoon extraterrestrial universe.
Dustyn Bork’s two-part, multicolored abstraction on shaped panels has a cavity at its center, offering a view of the blank wall behind it.
In the galleries: Artists examine the divide between people and their surroundings | Mark Jenkins | May 14, 2021 | Washington PostHigh-profile committees ended up with hours of debate broadcast over the Internet and endured criticism for broadcasting footage of a blank wall while lawmakers chatted off-camera.
Maryland legislative session drawing to a close after focus on inequity | Ovetta Wiggins, Erin Cox | April 12, 2021 | Washington PostThe office in which he lives is blind on both ends, and he himself habitually stares only at a blank wall.
And still that blank wall of dirt, that impenetrable darkness, that stubborn barrier between them and the blessed sunshine.
The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle | Laura Lee Hope
As before explained, the middle room was shut off from the office by a heavy blank wall.
He struggled up to his feet and gazed at the blank wall, so chill and dark, where the spirit-form had disappeared.
They Looked and Loved | Mrs. Alex McVeigh MillerHe found that he had come through a blank wall and upon a little brick ledge or shelf that ran along it.
A Modern Aladdin | Howard PyleIt was an utterly wretched woman who sat staring for hours afterward at the blank wall before her.
Thirty | Howard Vincent O'Brien
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