vapidity

Example Sentences

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But no one before or since has fallen into paroxysms of indignant rage over the alleged vapidity of middlebrow cultural efforts quite like Macdonald.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

While “Johanne Sacreblu” is undeniably a targeted rebuttal against “Emilia Pérez,” I also see it as a layered criticism of Hollywood’s exoticization of Latin America, and the vapidity of its representation of Latinos.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025

Glamorous People are not always their own best diplomatic envoys, and some, such as their patron saint Andy Warhol, have raised studied vapidity to a kind of art form in itself.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2021

One of Davidson’s recurring “S.N.L.” sketches has him playing Chad, a vaping, all-purpose empty vessel whose vapidity only heightens people’s lust for him.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2020

There was a certain vapidity to her reassurance, an automatic way of expressing goodwill, which did not require any concrete efforts on her part to help him.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie