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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And Ms. Bioh has the girls’ attitudes to her take an implausibly abrupt turn from sycophancy to snickering mockery when Ericka exposes the hollowness of her pretensions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
As the second season of "Severance" nears its finale, the show has become more explicit about cracking open the hollowness of bringing our “whole” or “best” selves to our workplaces.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 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
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
Now the hollowness was in his arms and the world was snowing.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
