How to Use fullness in a Sentence
fullness
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Apply moose and blow it out with a round brush to give your hair some fullness—some oomph.
— Devin Toth, Redbook, 13 Feb. 2012 -
This adds fullness and draws the eye to the center of your mouth, making your lips look more lush.
— Lauren Valenti, Marie Claire, 15 Apr. 2015 -
Yoon and Kim agree: Ombré lips and hair shading, both ways to fake fullness, are huge in Korea right now.
— Alexandra Tunell, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Jan. 2016 -
Question for the group: Can a luxury hairbrush do more for the natural health, shine, and fullness of your strands than any product could in the long run.
— Chelsea Avila, Allure, 19 Oct. 2024 -
To identify the greatest sports dynasties in the world across the fullness of history, statistics only take you so far.
— Sam Walker, WSJ, 12 May 2017 -
And submental fullness, the clinical term for what is commonly known as a double chin, can pose a problem even for people who are slender and fit.
— Fiorella Valdesolo, Town & Country, 24 Aug. 2015 -
There is an abundance of gorgeous outdoor scenes, many set in Aix-en-Provence, where Cézanne is shown at work amid the fullness of nature.
— Stephen Holden, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2017 -
Yet despite the lush romanticism and sonic fullness of Lost to the Street, there’s something oddly slight about it.
— Adam Sobsey, SPIN, 25 Sep. 2024 -
Project Apollo seems to me, even at this remove—and surely in the fullness of time—what mattered most about John F. Kennedy’s life.
— Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 22 May 2017 -
The AirBag is chock-full of sensors and chips that detect the fullness of your bag and communicate that status to all your connected devices.
— Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, 23 Sep. 2016 -
The Sopranos paid homage with Agent Cooper–esque fugue states and shots of trees blowing in the wind, rippling in their fullness and strangeness.
— James Parker, The Atlantic, 13 May 2017 -
Sure, people can say whatever, but the real Marsha — the fullness of her — is readily available to understand and calibrate to.
— Wren Sanders, Them, 23 Oct. 2024 -
Energy, fullness, musicality — these are all qualities the company is known for.
— Marina Harss, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2016 -
The balance was perfect between the crisp skin, thicker than usual for Korean fried chicken; the firm flesh that seemed to grip the palate with its fullness; and the garlic wafting up into my nostrils.
— Wesley Yang, Bon Appetit, 9 May 2017 -
Otherwise, drinking a glass of water 30 minutes before a meal can deliver a similar feeling of fullness without costing you any calories.
— Elizabeth Narins, Cosmopolitan, 23 Aug. 2016 -
The 2016 Marzipan debutante, Alston Macgill, danced with a fullness that goes beyond sugariness.
— Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2016 -
Thus, the ozone layer may not return to its former fullness until the late 21st century, but quick international action did stabilize the problem.
— Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2010 -
The full moon — which will reach the crest of its fullness at 9:08 p.m.
— Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024 -
In the fullness of time, the threat to Fremont turned out to be a bluff.
— Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2021 -
In the fullness of time, my dog died of old age, and his did too.
— Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 1 June 2022 -
And the fullness of the kick drum expresses the fullness, the all-in-ness, of the artist.
— James Parker, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2024 -
This sense of fullness and balance is one of the film’s strengths.
— Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2023 -
The studio just doesn’t quite capture the fullness of what’s in the room.
— Deborah Evans Price, Billboard, 11 Mar. 2021 -
The others rejoice in the length and fullness of their lives.
— Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2021 -
A feeling of fullness in the ear There's no cure for MD.
— Isadora Baum, Health, 11 Sep. 2023 -
She’s been a survivor who knows the marrow and fullness of the word.
— Rita Omokha, ELLE, 14 July 2023 -
This drug acts on the brain to produce the feeling of fullness.
— Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023 -
The fullness of his vision makes this brand re-boot one to watch.
— Vogue, 30 June 2021 -
The passage of time is measured in the fullness of ashtrays.
— Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2023 -
This will create fullness at the crown—a telltale sign of a pro job.
— Rebecca Dolgin, Redbook, 2 Oct. 2017
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