emptiness
Example Sentences
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Coulson's twin said she had been left with an overwhelming sense of emptiness.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 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
Heraskevych meanwhile told the BBC that being banned only left him feeling "emptiness."
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
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
And now the complete emptiness of the halls just reinforced his belief that they were going the wrong way.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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