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senselessness

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“Mother Mary” is as hair-raising as it is eyebrow-raising, all spectral senselessness until, out of nowhere, the eeriness gives way to a startling profundity as the film explores remorse with biblical repercussions.

From Salon Apr. 24, 2026

Maybe if French philosopher Albert Camus had a TikTok, he could explain it, given how well he understood repetitive cycles of senselessness.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 14, 2025

Four Black men find themselves in a waiting room in the afterlife, struggling to make sense of the senselessness.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2024

Yet for the reader, the book is clearly a cautionary tale about the cost of self-deception and the senselessness of shrinking from love.

From New York Times Jun. 22, 2023

And, as I sat there and watched, the white chalk curlicues blurred into senselessness.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath