ness

Example Sentences

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This still- ness doth dart with snake venom on itwell, / I’d have laughed.”

From Scientific American • Jun. 19, 2013

A slider on the device adjusts the amount of "3-D ness," from maximum to 2-D.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2010

Clearly, it's not just grimy pelmets and overcooked breakfasts up for tut-tutting judgment but the lifestyles of the participants; there's a very British under-current of mean-spirited– ness to this show.

From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2010

No one except a victim can truly understand the complete sense of helpless ness and despair that overcomes a once vigorous adult who is suddenly struck down by this devastating, if usually tem porary, ailment.

From Time Magazine Archive

He looked away at the trees that edged our clearing, their firelit trunks and the black ness beyond.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs