Sentence examples for emptiness instead of from inspiring English sources

Most of the time what remained of a bench were its cast-iron ends, floral patterned shapes standing upright, emptiness instead of a seat.

With no 4-16 team playoff to let the players, not the writers or IPUs, decide who is the winner, fans are left with an annual emptiness instead of a decisive champion.

Instead of Buddhist emptiness which he claimed to be groundless, Jinsai affirmed that the principles of love and social relations are found in every aspect of life from humanity down to bamboo plants, trees, grasses, insects, fish, and even grains of sand.

What if, instead of the emptiness that whiteness offers, whites -- along with everyone else in this country -- identified in a meaningful way as members of the American community?

Being stuck in procrastination or withdrawal also feels awful, as does the emptiness of staying in your head instead of in your heart.

Much of northern Maine is like this, a vast stretch of emptiness where lakes and mountains sometimes have numbers instead of names.

Allowing thoughts to come and go instead of trying to maintain absolute emptiness seems counter-intuitive, but it is often what makes and breaks a state of total relaxation.

"It's a law of physics that nature abhors a vacuum...Nature seeks to fill emptiness with fullness" So if anything is falling apart, instead of trying to control it and hold it all together, let it fall.

Instead of regretting the past or thinking that it has kept you from where you " should be" recognize that the emptiness goes away when we turn inward for our happiness instead of looking for happiness outside of ourselves.

Instead of laying a carpet or replacing the emptiness with tiled mosaics, the artist uses spray paint and stencils to infuse dejected concrete with a bit of street-art flair.

The city is a decent place to make a life, instead of a ruined paradise or a metaphor for chaos and emptiness.