meaninglessness

Example Sentences

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In films such as “Nocturama,” director Bonello examined individuals who seemed lobotomized by life, their futile actions a desperate attempt to bring meaning to meaninglessness.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2024

The Guardian wrote, "The meaninglessness of modern work – and the pandemic – has led many to question."

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2023

If you want to delve into a cinematic exploration of the meaninglessness of life, the terribleness of humanity, and the loss of fingers, may I recommend “The Banshees of Inisherin.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2023

Yet Twombly grasped, I think, that life is plotless, that meaninglessness reigns — hence, perhaps, his urge to deface, to vandalize.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2023

I had sacrificed energy to recruit writers who subscribed to a revolutionary point of view, and now my feelings fought against the waste and meaninglessness to which my efforts were being reduced.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright