hollow
adjective
having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty.
hollowness
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a word derived from
hollow.
Example Sentences
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I’ve just spent months reporting on the hollowness of America’s gifted education apparatus, of the term itself, of cognitive testing specifically.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
She was truly a great friend, but there was a hollowness to her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025
"We experience the staggering magnitude of stardom Elton achieved, the candy rapture of his music, right along with the anxiety and hollowness he was feeling," he wrote.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2024
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
Yet now that the command was his, the fulfillment of an old and troubled dream, he suffered a hollowness of spirit that had the unmistakable dimension of anticlimax.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
