emptiness
Example Sentences
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"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
When his messages didn’t appear on my phone, I felt a sense of emptiness that only he was able to fill.
From Los Angeles Times
There is only emptiness: a hollow space where a heart should be, ready to be filled with cold, hard cash.
From Salon
The score goes on for the next hour to allude to a surreal emptiness.
From Los Angeles Times
The plants in the thicket stretch and grow over the new slice of emptiness.
From Literature
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