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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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Clearly, her absurd office dredged its barrenness from her.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Instead, Bevza felt a pressing need to remedy the barrenness of the Ukrainian fashion scene at the time.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Survey after survey underscore the bleakness.—
Deputy Managing Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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He was viewed as one of the country’s top coaching prospects — a ‘tracksuit manager’ who would play a hands-on role in training, and a welcome tonic after the bleakness of his predecessor Walter Smith’s tenure.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Some cavities were intentionally left hollow, while others were filled with materials like gelatin or foam.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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An easy way to do this is by applying bronzer to the temples, the hollows of your cheeks, and under the jaw, as well as a bit on the bridge of your nose.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Chagyrskaya 64 has a second cavity, which overlaps a groove in the side of the tooth that looks like trademark evidence of picking.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
13 May 2026
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Dubbed Chagyrskaya 64, the tooth stood out among dozens of others found in the cave because its crown featured a deep, irregular hole that extended all the way into the pulp chamber, or the inner cavity containing nerves and blood vessels.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
13 May 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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Water temperatures are still in the 50s, the NWS cautioned, even though the air is warm.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
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The producers read an apology on air the following week.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
Noun
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But with the Dome’s owners Decurion and its commercial real estate agency Robertson Properties Group being press shy and publicly quiet over the years, community advocates and supporters of the Dome seized on even this small opportunity to address the ownership group’s reps out in the open.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
12 May 2026
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The market was on track for a weak open even before this morning’s April consumer price index came in hotter than expected.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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“Hollowness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hollowness. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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