deadness
Example Sentences
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"There's a deadness in people's eyes that really means they don't look real," says Louise.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2024
It was the deadness of so many weekends in American downtowns only multiplied and deepened.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2020
“There’s as much obvious natural wealth here as poverty there. There’s as much hope in the future here as there is hopelessness in everything there, as much life here as there is petrified deadness there.”
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2017
Unable to find a publisher for “Why No Revival?” — a protest against hypocrisy and spiritual deadness in churches — he borrowed $800 from the company credit union to publish it himself.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2016
He shrugged again, but the deadness in his eyes told her he was lying.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
