deadness
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"There was one point where there was a visible kind of deadness in the shipmates' eyes", he recalls.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
It was the deadness of so many weekends in American downtowns only multiplied and deepened.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2020
“There’s as much obvious natural wealth here as poverty there. There’s as much hope in the future here as there is hopelessness in everything there, as much life here as there is petrified deadness there.”
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2017
Unable to find a publisher for “Why No Revival?” — a protest against hypocrisy and spiritual deadness in churches — he borrowed $800 from the company credit union to publish it himself.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2016
As for the valley, I had wondered enough about it, especially in the first few months when I was still expecting the deadness to creep in from outside.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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