hollowness

Example Sentences

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This hollowness is precisely what the curators ask us to consider.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Nitibhon, a Thai supermodel, plays her tycoon as comically drab, keeping her gaunt cheeks slack to emphasize her character’s hollowness.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

"We experience the staggering magnitude of stardom Elton achieved, the candy rapture of his music, right along with the anxiety and hollowness he was feeling," he wrote.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024

But while he is most remembered for those tracks, they comprised only a portion of his whole catalog, which also included tenderly lighthearted love songs and numbers about the hollowness of masculinity.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2024

Deep in my chest is still an aching hollowness, vacancy, fear.

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour