deadness

Example Sentences

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"There's a deadness in people's eyes that really means they don't look real," says Louise.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2024

In 2014, England lost to Italy and Uruguay before drawing 0-0 with Concacaf’s Costa Rica in an episode of a deadness that felt deader than dead.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2018

Nicky’s deadness became his defining characteristic, although he must have had others: he was nine when he drowned.

From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2017

“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

I started noting the deadness in Padre Ignacio’s voice, the tedium between the gospel and communion, the dry papery feel of the host in my mouth.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez