lacuna
Example Sentences
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It is this lack of maternal attention that sends Ellis’ two older sisters on different paths, with the same goal in mind: to fill the lacuna left by their mother’s benign neglect.
From Los Angeles Times
This lacuna brings to mind the last words in my 2011 Death By China film uttered by former Congressman Dana Rohrabacher: “China has been treating us like fools. And that’s because we have been fools.”
From Washington Times
And it includes the cavities - called lacuna - that fill with the mother's blood to transfer nutrients to the baby.
From BBC
“Islamic material has been something of a lacuna for them.”
From New York Times
A single palm-size vertebra, its central lacuna heart-shaped, had us wondering about its origin story.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
