goneness
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of goneness
Example Sentences
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Why are you so happy about it now when you are so sad in his shirt, in his office, in his goneness?
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
He felt a void within him, a sense of goneness like the utter lack of strength which discourages a convalescent just recovering from a serious sickness.
From Sarrasine by Bell, Clara
Inside of a fortni't he was a gone goose, which wa'n't surprising—every other man being in the same fix—but 'TWAS surprising to see her helping the goneness along.
From Cape Cod Stories by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
In an hour the weaker stomachs will have what they call 'a goneness.'
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 by Various
Venice or Nantucket—I can hardly say which is more dream-like or alluring, or sad with the goneness of its glory….
From Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel by Comfort, Will Levington
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