emptiness
Example Sentences
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The world’s complexity and emptiness simultaneously filled the church.
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
Hemmings wrote that "Eleri was deeply loved, and her loss has left an unimaginable emptiness in all of our lives".
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 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 the western outposts of the Elmuthaleth—Alkonost and others—they watched for the heat-distorted silhouettes of camel trains to emerge from the emptiness as they always had, but they did not.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Vocabulary lists containing emptiness
"Just Lather, That's All" and "The Woman Who Was Death"
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