hollowness
- 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
"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
“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
If we're lucky the results will be as easy on the eye as this show always has been, but eventually the philosophic hollowness becomes impossible to overlook.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2023
Now the hollowness was in his arms and the world was snowing.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
