emptiness
Example Sentences
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“What people who hoard will finally realize,” Mawarire said, “is there’s an emptiness that comes where a sense of purpose should go.”
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
Yet the song was actually Mellencamp’s response to the emptiness he felt as a famous divorcé on the road playing the biggest concerts of his life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
"The man's crossed legs might evoke indifference, the phone a culture of emptiness, the parasol a comfort people cling to," it said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
It underscores the quiet emptiness of the lives of the play’s two characters, the nursing-home residents Fonsia and Weller, played by Debra Winger and Arliss Howard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
I took the emptiness of Abuelo’s room inside myself, the cold, stippled walls desolate and hard.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Vocabulary lists containing emptiness
"Just Lather, That's All" and "The Woman Who Was Death"
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