insubstantiality
Example Sentences
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Deep and definite the shadows, offspring of lordly light and steadfast leaves—not mere insubstantialities, but stars deep sculptured in the grey rock.
From My Tropic Isle by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
Before the prince could reply there occurred a phenomenon that sent all thought of such insubstantialities as the secrets of the Fourth Dimension far in the background.
From Romance Island by Gale, Zona
There would always be a sufficient proportion of unborn fools left who would prefer the palpabilities of bodily form to the insubstantialities of pre-natal existence.
From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel