emptiness
Example Sentences
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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 researchers first used a vacuum pump to remove air from glass tubes, producing conditions that approximated the near emptiness of space.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
In a tribute, family members said "words cannot begin to express the depth of our emptiness and sorrow in the fact of this tragic and senseless loss of life".
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
"When they begin to feel they are no longer needed, they experience a profound sense of emptiness."
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
That explosion of tomato and garlic, the ooze of cheese, it erased the smell of bleach that had scorched his nostrils; it filled up the hollow emptiness that yawned in his belly.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
Vocabulary lists containing emptiness
"Just Lather, That's All" and "The Woman Who Was Death"
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