His blandly incompetent attempts.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

I glanced at the Duke, to find his small blue eyes creased against the sun, his expression blandly impenetrable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dragonfly in Amber]

Assessment was trotted out to replace Aptitude, though it did little more than render the word Test blandly redundant.    From Wordnik.com.  [The English Is Coming!] Reference

"Ah, good-evening, gentlemen!" said Handy blandly.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Pirate of Parts] Reference

"What sort of feelings?" blandly inquired the doctor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Juggernaut] Reference

"It will be no trouble," returned Philip Holt blandly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference

He blandly denied public charges of massive vote fraud.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fujimori And The Fugitive] Reference

"These are just extra witnesses," Jim explained blandly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fifth Ace] Reference

"You are broiling a lobster?" he asked the P.T. man blandly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anything You Can Do ...] Reference

"Name it, M. the Count," said the Juge d 'Instruction, blandly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference

The Ambassador smiled blandly, while he kept time with his foot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dick, Marjorie and Fidge A Search for the Wonderful Dodo] Reference

"We're simply concerned about their safety," Ramsey said blandly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Getting Ready For 'Seattle Ii'] Reference

He smiled at them blandly as if they were expected acquaintances.    From Wordnik.com.  [Animal Shadows] Reference

"Was that the first time you had noticed it?" she questioned blandly.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Her Own Right] Reference

"I hear you're thinking of taking in lodgers," said Mr. Curtis blandly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference

My friend smiled blandly, and assured me of his willingness to instruct me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference

'Not that; but, you see, I am not going into your line,' said Hiram, blandly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference

Gifford, with a half promise of the editorial chair in his mind, smiled blandly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference

InRocky IV, Ivan Drago pummels Apollo Creed, then blandly says, if he dies, he dies.    From Wordnik.com.  [We Are Not Joaquin Phoenix: Leftovers and Miscellanea] Reference

This was said blandly to the lawyer, who bowed with a look of profound appreciation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Old Homestead] Reference

"Were these cases of Germans behaving according to type as Germans?" he asks blandly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Using Science For The Greater Evil] Reference

Few spots in town are more blandly reassuring than the home of Paul and Susan Madore.    From Wordnik.com.  [Homophobia] Reference

"Your sister's conversation is so deeply engrossing," he apologized, blandly, to Eulalie.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference

Professor blandly, being 'the mildest-mannered man that ever cut a throat' -- in argument.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of "Punch"] Reference

"Everyone does what they can for their own constituents," a Burdick aide blandly explained.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art Of The Deal] Reference

McLarty, an actor and playwright who first published this work on tape, writes rather blandly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Books] Reference

Earnest, modern, blandly debonair, he was the surprise of the convention, with the best speech.    From Wordnik.com.  [Behind Enemy Lines] Reference

"'The tail feather of a pheasant is not recommended as trimming for a camp hat,'" he went on blandly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp] Reference

"Which means that you will not honour me," he interrupted blandly, looking questioningly into my face.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference

"Shall I cut the cake, or put it on whole?" inquired someone blandly on the other side of the closed door.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rainbow Hill] Reference

"Why, yes," said Mr. Payton to the tall, thin, aesthetic-looking young man who stood regarding them blandly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lucile Triumphant] Reference

That personage, supposing that they were suggesting the slow accounting of diplomacy, smiled blandly and said.    From Wordnik.com.  [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference

The detective glanced around the room with a practiced eye and then looked blandly back at the little Scotsman.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unwise Child] Reference

"Good evenin '," said the greengrocer blandly, "I found her about an hour ago, an 'came straight' ome with her.".    From Wordnik.com.  [An Australian Lassie] Reference

The Illinois pitch was simple and blandly nonsexual, stressing a sense of fair play and support for the underdog.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marching To The Mainstream] Reference

Bob Dole -- an ally but no Friend of Newt's -- has blandly observed that the book deal will continue to get coverage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gingrich Goes Ballistic] Reference