emptiness
Example Sentences
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Heraskevych meanwhile told the BBC that being banned only left him feeling "emptiness."
From BBC • Feb. 12, 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
The score goes on for the next hour to allude to a surreal emptiness.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
Its emptiness whispered echoes at me: mistakes, gematriya, Talmud quizzes, and Reb Saunders staring at my left eye.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.