thousand-yard

They cast no shadows and made no sound as they marched and their eyes were all possessed by the strange non-human look that soldiers call the thousand-yard stare.

Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002

They cast no shadows and made no sound as they marched and their eyes were all possessed by the strange non-human look that soldiers call the thousand-yard stare.

Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002

When building to an important point, Struhelka has a tendency to slip into what he apologetically calls his "thousand-yard voice," which travels at least that far.

Slate Magazine John Swansburg 2011

She recognized the same thousand-yard stare Yvonne had last year, just before she snapped.

AUTOCLAVE • by Kevin Jewell 2009

Sheeps is one such example, a much-talked-about hour of sketches featuring three talented rookies: Liam Williams (red-rimmed eyes, thousand-yard stare), Alastair Roberts (tall, thin and geeky) and Daran Johnson (relatively normal-looking).

Edinburgh fringe festival new comedy 2011

This is a guy used to the thousand-yard stares that transmission talk normally induces.

The Simple Guide to Maintaining and Upgrading Truck Transmissions 2009

His wings were polyaramid leather woven over carbon bones and monofilament tendon, his gaze the piercing thousand-yard stare of a man who could see through stone, his talons X-ray lasers so powerful their waste heat violated Second Kyoto with every shot.

365 tomorrows » 2010 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010

Adding Jedward to this mix is inspired; what we need right now is more of Ireland's beloved John and Edward Grimes, with their hyperactivity issues, unsettling thousand-yard blank stares, LA accents, and inability to high-five each other without tripping over.

Celebrity Big Brother: Grace Dent's TV OD 2011

Cleverly, the clear favourite with the bookmakers, was being made to prove why and his tactic of standing in front of Bellew giving him the thousand-yard stare was to let him know he would not be denied.

Nathan Cleverly wins one for Wales as he retains WBO title 2011

Ryan sat in a heap, boring a thousand-yard stare through the roof.

Desire Craig Lancaster 2011