emptiness
Example Sentences
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Yet the song was actually Mellencamp’s response to the emptiness he felt as a famous divorcé on the road playing the biggest concerts of his life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 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
The researchers first used a vacuum pump to remove air from glass tubes, producing conditions that approximated the near emptiness of space.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 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
She sat there for a moment, mute, and felt an emptiness within her where for years her own sustaining hate had been.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Vocabulary lists containing emptiness
"Just Lather, That's All" and "The Woman Who Was Death"
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