emptiness
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Coulson's twin said she had been left with an overwhelming sense of emptiness.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
Maintaining this pleasant emptiness is no easy task, as ghosts of Charles’s past slowly begin to invade his idyll.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
Lang’s ultimate suggestion of emptiness, in performance, entails erasing his own texts, his own purpose.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
Observers noted echoes of Fitzgerald’s novel in the scene: a world obsessed with appearances, where glitter and spectacle mask the emptiness beneath.
From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025
She knew that friends and neighbors—even old friends and good neighbors—couldn’t fill the emptiness in his heart.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
Vocabulary lists containing emptiness
"Just Lather, That's All" and "The Woman Who Was Death"
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