Sentence examples for fear of empty from inspiring English sources

"I have the Victorian horror vacui, the fear of empty space".

The Victorians were criticized for their "horror vacui," the fear of empty space that led to rooms cluttered with bookcases, pictures and bric-a-brac.

As for the NIMBYs, like those in Stroud who mounted a Facebook campaign to oppose 99p Stores' plans to open in their showcase Cotswold town, both the fear of empty shops blighting the high street, and the promise of the extra trade that a 99p Stores attracts to surrounding businesses, have nixed the nay-sayers.

While much public attention was focused on how the cuts would affect the classroom, the fear of empty football fields and silent basketball gyms deepened the uncertainty, dislocation and chaos that accompanied this latest budget crisis in the nation's fifth-largest city.

He has a keener sense than most of the game's history and, in any case, Kieswetter's 81 in 66 balls in a warm-up match between England and England Lions could only be described as an innings under pressure if he suffered from a fear of empty spaces.

If the dark paintings are characterized by spareness, the bigger ones exhibit horror vacui, a dislike or fear of leaving empty spaces in an artistic composition.

Amnesia plots are a gift to first-time writers; what better way to face down your fear of the empty white page than conjuring a hero whose life is also a complete blank?

Mr King, who is keen to emphasise that he is no Bernie Madoff, says that the fear of "granny emptying out her life savings" made him cap individual investments in his first round of bonds at £5,000.Whether the bonds are a good deal is another matter.

Tooth decay was the longtime threat; more recently, the global spread of obesity has prompted fears of the "empty calories" in candy.

Geoffrey Moorhouse crossed the Sahara the long way (west to east) in hopes of curing his fear of solitude and empty spaces.

Fear of traveling left empty seats at the spring 2002 shows in Milan and Paris last month -- seats that would have been filled by American buyers who use time abroad not only to evaluate runway collections, but also to traipse back alleys and fire escapes for the undiscovered talent crocheting the most glorious bell-sleeved vicuna cardigan known to man or woman.