emptiness
Example Sentences
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The inquiry heard he was presentable, washed and clean, but that Celeste felt there was "a kind of emptiness" in him.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
In sealing the names of the dead within them, the yizkor books refill that emptiness with the promise of memory.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
"Overnight they became our offices, sanctuaries and emotional anchors," he says, adding that against this backdrop, pushing the Colour of the Year towards "further visual emptiness feels rather tone-deaf".
From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025
There is only emptiness: a hollow space where a heart should be, ready to be filled with cold, hard cash.
From Salon • Nov. 21, 2025
Hibiscus’s screaming went on for minutes after the light faded away, and Jam could feel that Pet had left, that the air held a strong emptiness where its body had been.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
Vocabulary lists containing emptiness
"Just Lather, That's All" and "The Woman Who Was Death"
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