starkness

Example Sentences

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But its visual starkness and reliance on uncomfortable closeups lend it further dimension.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

That starkness gives the movie the in-the-moment immediacy of a nature doc about a shark and a swarm of remoras.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

He thinks the starkness will earn him respect and fear.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2025

The guest star roster expands this season, looping in Gwendoline Christie, John Noble, Merritt Wever and Alia Shawkat, among others, blending them into the show’s hallucinatory starkness without drawing us out of the story.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2025

Alongside the clutter there is a starkness about the place that appeals to him: the floors are bare, the woodwork stripped, many of the windows without curtains to highlight their generous proportions.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri