blank
adjective
(of paper or other writing surface) having no marks; not written or printed on.
had blanked
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past perfectof blank.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Joan spent the last few weeks of her pregancy at a mother and baby home - but she said she had "blanked out" the birth.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Scherzer had blanked the Dodgers on one hit through three innings, escaping a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the first, but he was forced to change gloves by the umpires before the third inning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
Way earlier in the night, César Hernández led the push to squeeze three runs out of López, who had blanked the Nationals for six innings April 27.
From Washington Post ● May 18, 2022
That they had blanked the most fearsome offense in the league was an added bonus, but Houston couldn’t gas up the team jet just yet.
From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2020
Later, when I came back together Julia told me that I had blanked out for about eighty-four-thousand miles—seventy minutes or so.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
