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Recent Examples of hollowness
Filler can be injected all over, including in the temples to reduce hollowness, the cheeks and midface to plump, and even the earlobes to restore volume lost due to aging or weight loss.
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Kara Nesvig, Allure, 27 Oct. 2025
The incident highlights the hollowness of the anti-Trump rhetoric of local politicians in Los Angeles.
—Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
The ruthless cruelty of capitalism and the hollowness of consumerism are evident in his exhibition.
—Edna Bonhomme, Artforum, 1 Oct. 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
Kara Nesvig, Allure, 27 Oct. 2025
The incident highlights the hollowness of the anti-Trump rhetoric of local politicians in Los Angeles.
—Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
The ruthless cruelty of capitalism and the hollowness of consumerism are evident in his exhibition.
—Edna Bonhomme, Artforum, 1 Oct. 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
Noun
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The filmmaker instead evokes his earlier work—namely Dogtooth and The Killing of a Sacred Deer—combining the mannered, hermetic bleakness of those tales with the befuddled existentialism of a Samuel Beckett play.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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Wear it for snowy weekend strolls, festive city breaks, Christmas morning outings and all the way up until the icy bleakness of mid-March.—
Ellie Davis,
Vogue,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Continue reading … AMERICAN CULTURE QUIZ – Test yourself on haunted hollows and game-day glory.—
,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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On the back porch, the rolling green of the hollow holds the B&B as if in the palm of its meadowy hand.—
Sarah Henry,
Louisville Courier Journal,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Using high-resolution micro-CT scanning, the team confirmed that the tantalum formed a rigid internal framework that trapped liquid copper within microscopic cavities.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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Medullary bone is temporary tissue that forms inside a cavity in long bones of birds and dinosaurs to provide calcium for eggshells, and was previously used in research to identify a pregnant Tyrannosaurus rex in 2016.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Clothes felt sensuous without overt sexuality and bareness.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Bold and the Beautiful airs weekdays on CBS (check local listings).—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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This is because warmer air can carry greater amounts of moisture, and warming seas also allow for the evaporation of greater amounts of water vapor into the atmosphere, giving hurricanes more energy.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And the ones who wear suits and walk during the day, out in the open.—
Will Borger,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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Solstice Advanced Materials , newly spun off from Honeywell, and DuPont are before Thursday's open.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Hollowness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hollowness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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