How to Use vapidity in a Sentence

vapidity

noun

• Barrett displayed a vapidity meant to further comment on the Court’s out-of-touch stance.
  — Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic, 8 May 2022
• Then, of course, they bank on the Democrat-friendly media to shift the narrative from the vapidity of the Schiff memo’s contentions to the suggestion that Republicans must have something to hide.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 12 Feb. 2018
• The show itself is a mess, proving that the formula that made The Hills work was the particular and odd charisma of its leads, who managed to turn vapidity into something soulful.
  — Daniel D’addario, Time, 1 Aug. 2017
• The film gets this just right — the absurdity of the faux-emotional testimonials, the vapidity of the contestants.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2023
• His hot takes on contemporary culture — the vapidity of social media, the low-grade despair and myopia of midlife ennui — often feel like soft targets, though at least a few jabs are sharp enough to land.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 21 Jan. 2022
• Roman is purely a play-actor, vaguely echoing his brother’s words without co-signing them, which is an indicator both of his own vapidity and his sense of self-preservation.
  — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2021
• Much of what Dreher writes about resonates with me, from his dislocation, his restlessness, and his yearning to belong to his critique of both right-wing and left-wing Christianity, with their vapidities and identity politics.
  — Maria Konnikova, The New Yorker, 15 May 2017
• Of the comments, one was a link to a story on Ingraham’s apology, two were memes about the awkwardness and vapidity of the debate and one said advertisers would never leave the show, though that comment came after several had already left.
  — Dan Sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• Though the vapidity of our anti-beef crusaders may be unusual, debates over meat consumption have actually been present for most of history.
  — Grant Addison, Washington Examiner, 29 Apr. 2021
• The movie often seems on the verge of being interesting but repeatedly retreats into a formless vapidity.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2017
• Over-reading the body is a problem for gay men, too: The phenotype of twinkdom is often, recklessly and unfairly, linked with femininity, vapidity, and submissiveness.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 15 May 2018
• His previous film, Richard Jewell, came close, with its downbeat, melancholic reflection on the vapidity of police authority.
  — John Semley, The New Republic, 23 Sep. 2021
• One is that a raft of changes in the second half of a game interrupts its flow — as often happens amid the inconsequential vapidity of international exhibition games — and ruins its spectacle.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2020
• Viral dances tend to be associated with frivolity and vapidity, despite the fact that dancing has always been a communicative art of great cultural significance that spreads joy through movement.
  — Aida Amoako, The Atlantic, 8 May 2018
• How to square its humor, idiosyncrasy, and spigot of diverting trivia with its toxicity, vapidity, and posturing?
  — Gemma Sieff, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2021
• For many others, the Kardashians have come to represent late capitalist greed, influencer vapidity and cultural appropriation.
  — Mj Corey, refinery29.com, 9 May 2022
• For many others, the Kardashians have come to represent late capitalist greed, influencer vapidity, and cultural appropriation.
  — Mj Corey, refinery29.com, 6 May 2022
• Attending the bipartisan organization’s first New Hampshire 'town hall' revealed its essential vapidity.
  — Andrew Cline, National Review, 18 July 2023
• Nevertheless, its traditionalism shouldn’t be mistaken for vapidity.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 29 July 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024