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Recent Examples of hollowness
For Spark’s readers, Schiaparelli’s dress represents the hollowness of desire.
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Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
Combined with Angel and Rue’s drive through the desert, Levinson seems to be pointing at the hollowness of the American Dream, which compels a person to risk their life, only to end up photographing dumb bimbos for OnlyFans.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
Yet maybe, as the cartoonish machismo of Trumpism proves its hollowness, America’s latent resentment can be channeled to better ends.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
Advertisement Some observers conclude that China’s failure to support Iran more strongly reveals the hollowness of their vaunted partnership.
—Ali Wyne, Time, 23 Mar. 2026
In other words, caffeine provides an instant wake-up call, while the supporting players address longer-term concerns like discoloration, fine lines, and mild hollowness.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 8 Mar. 2026
That hollowness extends to many of the acting performances.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2026
The speech invoked a Václav Havel essay about the hollowness of Communist ideology, embodied by the revolutionary slogans in shopkeepers’ windows that nobody actually believed.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Nitibhon, a Thai supermodel, plays her tycoon as comically drab, keeping her gaunt cheeks slack to emphasize her character’s hollowness.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
Combined with Angel and Rue’s drive through the desert, Levinson seems to be pointing at the hollowness of the American Dream, which compels a person to risk their life, only to end up photographing dumb bimbos for OnlyFans.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
Yet maybe, as the cartoonish machismo of Trumpism proves its hollowness, America’s latent resentment can be channeled to better ends.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
Advertisement Some observers conclude that China’s failure to support Iran more strongly reveals the hollowness of their vaunted partnership.
—Ali Wyne, Time, 23 Mar. 2026
In other words, caffeine provides an instant wake-up call, while the supporting players address longer-term concerns like discoloration, fine lines, and mild hollowness.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 8 Mar. 2026
That hollowness extends to many of the acting performances.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2026
The speech invoked a Václav Havel essay about the hollowness of Communist ideology, embodied by the revolutionary slogans in shopkeepers’ windows that nobody actually believed.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Nitibhon, a Thai supermodel, plays her tycoon as comically drab, keeping her gaunt cheeks slack to emphasize her character’s hollowness.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hollowness
Noun
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Shunammite, once so determined to get her period, is staring down the possibility of barrenness and, in Gilead, that means spinsterhood.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
27 May 2026
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Clearly, her absurd office dredged its barrenness from her.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But there’s also a discernible strain of hope and timeliness amid the bleakness in some of the most recent hits.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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The choice yields a brighter, richer, more varied and nuanced story in which coming-of-age tropes mingle with Gileadean bleakness to reveal new facets of a state premised on male supremacy.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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DeLuca lists the great crested flycatcher, prothonotary warbler, chickadees, nuthatches, Eastern bluebirds, tree swallows, and purple martins as among birds that will nest in a hollow or snag.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
30 May 2026
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But the insistence on staying optimistic comes off hollow.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Back home, doctors noted a deep cavity had formed.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
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The process begins with a femtosecond laser cutting GaN dielets from a wafer and drilling precise cavities into the diamond substrate.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 June 2026
Noun
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Di Felice makes very sexy clothes, but at times the bareness crosses the line between aspirationally hot and inconceivably bare.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
7 Mar. 2026
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Clothes felt sensuous without overt sexuality and bareness.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Weather service meteorologist Frank Pereira said the system that produced the storms, including high winds and hail, was moving eastward Thursday, fueled by cool air from Canada clashing with warm, humid air from the South.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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As the front moves into very warm, unstable air, some storms could turn severe.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
Noun
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Tuesday, the market was acting well on the open but is beginning to fade.—
Todd Gordon,
CNBC,
9 June 2026
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Here are my best bets for our neighbor to the north's national open.—
Geoff Clark OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2026
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“Hollowness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hollowness. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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