Example Sentences

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At least the younger Hall’s dull demeanor — then coded as dignity, now as soullessness — makes Kiritsis seem more alive.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

The respondents—358 employees at 18 companies—complained about noise, distraction and soullessness.

From Scientific American • Mar. 20, 2023

Rhys Ifans is all slippery soullessness as Otto Hightower, the King’s Hand, who marginalizes his rival Daemon while using his own young daughter, Alicent, as bait for the grieving ruler.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2022

Whether that's an appropriate ending to a show that reflects the soullessness of American corporate life back on its less-than-enthusiastic participants – i.e. the audience – is debatable.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2020

She would dislike it, the soullessness of it, or perhaps not.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie