nothingness

Example Sentences

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Hanna’s grief for Erik is the key to her art, but so is the nothingness he seems to have disappeared into.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Kelson’s memento mori, in its way, adds dignity to what is otherwise a sentence to nothingness.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

I want it to almost feel like nothingness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

Old sceptics, hard-bitten by a quarter of a century of nothingness, were beginning to turn.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2025

For an instant I am suspended in nothingness, and then my feet slam into cement and I stumble to the side, away from the roof’s edge.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth