emptiness
Example Sentences
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Speaking following Wednesday's investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle he said he felt "emptiness" at the team's league position, but insisted he remained "optimistic that we will remain in the Premier League".
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Maintaining this pleasant emptiness is no easy task, as ghosts of Charles’s past slowly begin to invade his idyll.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
The emptiness of such platitudes in this moment leaves much to be desired.
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026
"Overnight they became our offices, sanctuaries and emotional anchors," he says, adding that against this backdrop, pushing the Colour of the Year towards "further visual emptiness feels rather tone-deaf".
From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025
The blackness of the sea suddenly overwhelmed her; it was nothing more than a vast emptiness.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
Vocabulary lists containing emptiness
"Just Lather, That's All" and "The Woman Who Was Death"
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