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
But ever—and here the torment lay—she was drawn back from these far-wanderings to her present trouble, with its parch in the throat, its ache in the breast, and its gnawing, vacant goneness.
From The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack
Her throat was parched, a dull ache never ceased in her breast, and she was oppressed by a feeling of goneness.
From The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack
That goneness at his stomach, and the strange sensations up and down his spine, seemed incongruous in such valorous trappings.
From The Man from the Bitter Roots by Lockhart, Caroline
It's extraordinary the goneness of things directly I'm away from you.
From The Pastor's Wife by Arnim, Elizabeth von
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