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Recent Examples of hollowness
The months that followed revealed the hollowness of this order, which was so clearly at odds with the President’s own disposition.
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David Remnick, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Both novels take on the spiritual hollowness that can accompany a life built on material aspirations.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Dominating this first room is Femme Cuillère (Spoon Woman, 1927), a totemic form whose concave belly is both womb and void, echoing the shape of a spoon and the hollowness within.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
David Remnick, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Both novels take on the spiritual hollowness that can accompany a life built on material aspirations.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Dominating this first room is Femme Cuillère (Spoon Woman, 1927), a totemic form whose concave belly is both womb and void, echoing the shape of a spoon and the hollowness within.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hollowness
Noun
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Self-awareness and community are marvelous antidotes to the barrenness of conformity.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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In Pynchon’s best works, his bleakness is brightened, in both senses—illuminated and made lighter—by the sweep of his vision and his affection for his fallible, foolhardy, well-meaning, wildly outmatched main characters.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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The campaign has already exceeded its goal by more than $38,000 dollars, with six days to go, proving no amount of dystopian bleakness will deter true Black Mirror fans.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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But something is definitely afoul; the corpses of pilgrims wound in silk clutter the hollows and even the ones that still live are either sad or flat-out nuts.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
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Detractors wondered if the unending positivity was beneficial in the locker room, if the optimism was starting to ring hollow.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Sep. 2025
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Don a jacket like this fall-friendly Levi's one with a lot of deep, big pockets and store toiletries and even small cameras in the various cavities.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Sep. 2025
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The lack of a proper seal between the mouth and nasal cavity can cause problems in eating, drinking and breathing.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Clothes felt sensuous without overt sexuality and bareness.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
17 Sep. 2025
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Autos Are an Economic Anchor China’s bold move into electric vehicles began in 2009 as a top-down policy to compete with foreign automakers, cut air pollution and reduce oil imports.—
Rebecca A. Fannin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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This change limited the state's ability to secure federal funds for energy efficiency projects, address emissions of climate-warming air pollutants at a statewide level, or promote cleaner technologies that don't rely on fossil fuels.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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The good news is these numbers are being brought out into the open instead of being normalized.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Everything’s out in the open now.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Hollowness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hollowness. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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