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Recent Examples of hollowness
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.
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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
In a way, Obama’s career perfectly represents the hollowness of representation politics and the cynical deployment of progress rhetoric.
—Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025
For some, this will seem as revelatory as exposing the hollowness of a steel drum.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
The ruthless cruelty of capitalism and the hollowness of consumerism are evident in his exhibition.
—Edna Bonhomme, Artforum, 1 Oct. 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
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
In a way, Obama’s career perfectly represents the hollowness of representation politics and the cynical deployment of progress rhetoric.
—Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025
For some, this will seem as revelatory as exposing the hollowness of a steel drum.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
The ruthless cruelty of capitalism and the hollowness of consumerism are evident in his exhibition.
—Edna Bonhomme, Artforum, 1 Oct. 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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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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But even amidst so much bewildering bleakness, there are moments of beauty to be found in a new season, in a new revolution of the wheel of the year.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
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While often unrelenting in its bleakness, Biutiful is made effective by Bardem's subtly heartbreaking performance, which earned him an Oscar nomination.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The breeding pair, both six years and 10 months old, constructed the area's first nest in a century high within a hollow of an old-growth redwood in the Redwood Creek drainage.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
AZCentral.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Among the ridges and hollows, the rover found small mineral nodules — bumpy, pea-sized formations that are typically signs of ancient groundwater activity.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The surfaces are marked by cavities, which are leftover bubbles that happened when the superhot material was being pummeled through the atmosphere — much like with lava, a press release noted.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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Fibroids that bulge into the uterine cavity—called submucosal fibroids—are often associated with the most significant bleeding changes, regardless of size.—
Beth Krietsch,
SELF,
2 Mar. 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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The medium that the signal travels through alters the signal’s properties as well, as an oncoming train sounds different from the air, with your ear to the ground, or from submerged in a body of water.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Mar. 2026
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The Israeli military said strikes have already destroyed most of Iran's air defenses and missile launchers.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Presumably, most people don’t want to see someone’s corns out in the open during a flight.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
9 Mar. 2026
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After all, Concrete Cowboy isn’t set in the great wide open of the American frontier.—
Sezin Devi Keohler,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Hollowness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hollowness. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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