nothingness
noun
noth·ing·ness
ˈnə-thiŋ-nəs 
Examples of nothingness in a Sentence
He was staring into nothingness.
The sound faded into nothingness.
Recent Examples on the Web
Out of the nothingness, though, comes loaves-and-fishes abundance.
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Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024
All with the goal of replacing the nothingness with… something.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
Artistic and emotional achievements such as John Wick 4, Rebel Moon, All of Us Strangers, The Taste of Things, and Asteroid City lose out to the superficiality of Oppenheimer, Killers of the Flower Moon, and The Zone of Interest and the inscrutable nothingness of Barbie and Poor Things.
—Armond White, National Review, 19 Jan. 2024
But that this familiar constellation contained a massive swath of cosmic nothingness was entirely new to him.
—Laura Helmuth, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
But can Soderbergh solve the great problem of American cinema itself — namely, the sense that the audience for independent movies, limited and self-selecting to begin with, has dwindled to nothingness in the wake of flashier, more technologically au courant entertainment alternatives?
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2024
Thanks again so much for shedding some light on nothingness.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 26 July 2023
Put the numbers in the correct sequence and the technology immediately triggers a bit of magic: Where seconds ago there was silence and haptic nothingness, all of a sudden there is a glorious burst of sound or vibration miles, even continents, away.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 18 July 2023
What Priscilla experiences as glamorous nothingness, the audience experiences as something more like dread.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024
All with the goal of replacing the nothingness with… something.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
Artistic and emotional achievements such as John Wick 4, Rebel Moon, All of Us Strangers, The Taste of Things, and Asteroid City lose out to the superficiality of Oppenheimer, Killers of the Flower Moon, and The Zone of Interest and the inscrutable nothingness of Barbie and Poor Things.
—Armond White, National Review, 19 Jan. 2024
But that this familiar constellation contained a massive swath of cosmic nothingness was entirely new to him.
—Laura Helmuth, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
But can Soderbergh solve the great problem of American cinema itself — namely, the sense that the audience for independent movies, limited and self-selecting to begin with, has dwindled to nothingness in the wake of flashier, more technologically au courant entertainment alternatives?
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2024
Thanks again so much for shedding some light on nothingness.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 26 July 2023
Put the numbers in the correct sequence and the technology immediately triggers a bit of magic: Where seconds ago there was silence and haptic nothingness, all of a sudden there is a glorious burst of sound or vibration miles, even continents, away.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 18 July 2023
What Priscilla experiences as glamorous nothingness, the audience experiences as something more like dread.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
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“Nothingness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nothingness. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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