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

Nicky’s deadness became his defining characteristic, although he must have had others: he was nine when he drowned.

From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2017

“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

He shrugged again, but the deadness in his eyes told her he was lying.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee