hollowness

Example Sentences

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This hollowness is precisely what the curators ask us to consider.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

She was truly a great friend, but there was a hollowness to her.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025

As the second season of "Severance" nears its finale, the show has become more explicit about cracking open the hollowness of bringing our “whole” or “best” selves to our workplaces.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2025

"We experience the staggering magnitude of stardom Elton achieved, the candy rapture of his music, right along with the anxiety and hollowness he was feeling," he wrote.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024

All the while, there's a fierce hollowness gnawing at my insides and I try to imagine a life of this, watching fine people eat while I nigh on starve to death.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland