emptiness
Example Sentences
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However, when Lo visited during the off-season, its emptiness was “ominous” — unintentionally stirring her inner want to cause chaos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
“What people who hoard will finally realize,” Mawarire said, “is there’s an emptiness that comes where a sense of purpose should go.”
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
"The man's crossed legs might evoke indifference, the phone a culture of emptiness, the parasol a comfort people cling to," it said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
With the semiquincentennial hoopla peaking this week, I’d rather think that freedom isn’t emptiness but the seed of all greatness—another word for everything to gain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
For a moment, she just wanted to take in everything: the puzzled, terrified expressions on the Gustano kids’ faces; the strange, ugly buildings around them; the emptiness of the street before them.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Vocabulary lists containing emptiness
"Just Lather, That's All" and "The Woman Who Was Death"
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