emptiness
Example Sentences
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In sealing the names of the dead within them, the yizkor books refill that emptiness with the promise of memory.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 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
There is only emptiness: a hollow space where a heart should be, ready to be filled with cold, hard cash.
From Salon • Nov. 21, 2025
Lang’s ultimate suggestion of emptiness, in performance, entails erasing his own texts, his own purpose.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
It barely covered his palm, and the emptiness in his stomach felt as big as the whole temple of Amon.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Vocabulary lists containing emptiness
"Just Lather, That's All" and "The Woman Who Was Death"
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