emptiness

Example Sentences

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"I'm struggling to put into words the profound emptiness I'm feeling since learning of James Ransone's passing," she wrote on her Instagram story.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 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

Now, lying thick and still under the cover of plastic seats, the cavernous emptiness of the place mirrors the void left since it is modern reincarnation in the late 1990s.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

That night I lay in bed with an emptiness chewing away inside of me.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson