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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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Harrison still evokes painterly fugues of light and pungent smells, but they’re offset by a growing bleakness, and there’s less humor.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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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
Noun
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This is why calls to restore power to government institutions ring hollow, and why the Democratic Party’s faith in institutions can appear naive and godless.—
Scott Warren,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2026
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The backrest and seat are generously padded with dense foam, with no noticeable hollows.—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
9 June 2026
Noun
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What was left showed a cavity about 3 light-years long and with an opening angle of 45 degrees, leading back to the black hole itself.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
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Some pine tree-nesting birds have been known to peck the tree trunk around the nest cavity so the sap will run down and protect the babies from climbing snakes.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
16 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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Love was in the air in Koreatown’s Seoul International Park on Thursday, where a sea of thousands of people in red and green jerseys joined together to celebrate soccer’s favorite romance.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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But when fields are worked with heavy machinery, their soils leach carbon back into the air.—
Jasmin Sykes,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
Noun
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There are no major earnings reports after the close on Monday or before the open on Tuesday, when May import prices, housing starts, and building permits will be released.—
Jeff Marks,Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
15 June 2026
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It should be displayed only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flagstaffs in the open, but can be displayed 24 hours a day if properly illuminated at night, the flag code said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
14 June 2026
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“Hollowness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hollowness. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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