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
But as those neutrinos traversed 93 million miles of interplanetary nothingness, some of them changed into muon-neutrinos or tau-neutrinos.
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Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 11 June 2024
Near the summit, Mr. Lama had to clear the snow by hand, each step a soft crunch into potential nothingness.
—Bhadra Sharma, New York Times, 11 June 2024
To say nothing of their familiarity with long stretches of nothingness, the chaos, and violence.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 23 May 2024
The 2,448-mile Mother Road has been memorialized in music, film, and literature for nearly a century, with everyone from John Steinbeck to John Mayer finding inspiration in its lonesome stretches of nothingness punctuated by small towns and cities.
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 May 2023
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Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 11 June 2024
Near the summit, Mr. Lama had to clear the snow by hand, each step a soft crunch into potential nothingness.
—Bhadra Sharma, New York Times, 11 June 2024
To say nothing of their familiarity with long stretches of nothingness, the chaos, and violence.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 23 May 2024
The 2,448-mile Mother Road has been memorialized in music, film, and literature for nearly a century, with everyone from John Steinbeck to John Mayer finding inspiration in its lonesome stretches of nothingness punctuated by small towns and cities.
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 May 2023
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“Nothingness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nothingness. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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