Sentence examples for something of a void from inspiring English sources

Mrs. Astor's death two years ago at age 105 left something of a void in the American branch of the family tree.

The consecutive re tirements of Marie-Jose Perec and Cathy Freeman had left something of a void in women's one-lap running - one that Britain's Katherine Merry had briefly promised to fill, before injury intervened.

"So there was a bit of that with Aussie rules, but it also came in something of a void because the first rules of Australian football were in 1859, which is before rugby or soccer or any sport had its rules".

Despite a sensational farmers' market, Santa Monica, Calif., has long been something of a culinary void.

And yet it can't help but feel it's a world with something of a spiritual void lurking at its centre.

Such is Iraq today: a mesmerizing labyrinth of conflicting interests operating in something close to a void as American generals strive to maintain a minimum of order and a retired American general speaks of building a stable, democratic future.

Another issue with Rapportive as well as its newer competitors that stepped in to fill the void is that it's something of a hack.

Melancholy is "the sensation of a void of knowledge or an awareness of a void of sensation".

It does leave a bit of a void.

When he left, there was a sort of a void.

"There is a big of a void in that area.