ness

Example Sentences

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This still- ness doth dart with snake venom on itwell, / I’d have laughed.”

From Scientific American • Jun. 19, 2013

A slider on the device adjusts the amount of "3-D ness," from maximum to 2-D.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2010

Clearly, it's not just grimy pelmets and overcooked breakfasts up for tut-tutting judgment but the lifestyles of the participants; there's a very British under-current of mean-spirited– ness to this show.

From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2010

Yet there are hints of the conscious ness of decades to come: the widow realizes she wants to learn to fend for herself.

From Time Magazine Archive

They created dark­ ness in the middle of day, and shadows that distorted the path and made him stumble from time to time on roots and rocks.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry