emptiness

Example Sentences

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Heraskevych meanwhile told the BBC that being banned only left him feeling "emptiness."

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

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

When his messages didn’t appear on my phone, I felt a sense of emptiness that only he was able to fill.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2025

If the photographer saw anything in Mudgett’s eyes, it was a pale blue emptiness that he knew, to his sorrow, no existing film could ever record.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson