emptiness
Example Sentences
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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
In 2005 he started a business selling health-food vending machines but came to feel an increasing sense of inner emptiness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Sean Hannity sat down with UFC fighter Bo Nickal to talk about the fights and young men’s spiritual emptiness.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
Dimple began to say that the movies sounded fine, but the thought of this continuing silence, this hurt/awkward mixture of pauses and emptiness, was too much.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
Vocabulary lists containing emptiness
"Just Lather, That's All" and "The Woman Who Was Death"
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