hollowness
Example Sentences
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David Lindsay-Abaire’s “The Balusters” is a piquant comedy satirizing the hollowness and hypocrisy of well-to-do do-gooders on a neighborhood homeowners association board.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
As the second season of "Severance" nears its finale, the show has become more explicit about cracking open the hollowness of bringing our “whole” or “best” selves to our workplaces.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2025
Unrelenting hollowness robs the film of any impact or meaning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 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
Yet now that the command was his, the fulfillment of an old and troubled dream, he suffered a hollowness of spirit that had the unmistakable dimension of anticlimax.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
