hollowness

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David Lindsay-Abaire’s “The Balusters” is a piquant comedy satirizing the hollowness and hypocrisy of well-to-do do-gooders on a neighborhood homeowners association board.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The hollowness of the portrait of Charles rests on both its artist and its subject, neither of whom seem here to have anything really to say but are saying it loudly nonetheless.

From Salon • May 17, 2024

“I Saw the TV Glow” is a claustrophobic mood piece that taps into the hollowness of growing up hypnotized by the screen.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2024

But while he is most remembered for those tracks, they comprised only a portion of his whole catalog, which also included tenderly lighthearted love songs and numbers about the hollowness of masculinity.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2024

While Claudia stood crouched down waiting, the emptiness and the hollowness of all the museum corridors filled her stomach.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg