How to Use ness in a Sentence

ness

noun
  • Part of the charm of the stag and does is the small town-ness of it all.
    — Shivani Gonzalez, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Greta and Flavia, meanwhile, get down with the busy-ness of the bees in the house.
    — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023
  • First: the type of overwhelmed-ness a 16-year-old gets when learning how to drive.
    — Mark Anthony Green, Allure, 22 June 2017
  • The league’s arrogance rivals the NFL in its brazen-ness.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 7 Aug. 2017
  • There’s a busy-ness in the air this month, especially at work.
    — Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2022
  • His one of a kind-ness surrounded us like a suit of armor.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 June 2017
  • This feeling of home-ness wasn’t because this new place fit my taste more than the old one had, though that was true.
    — Lauren McBrayer, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2022
  • When Riley’s words thundered from the throne in righteous pissed-off-ness.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 30 June 2017
  • The 10.5-inch screen makes mathematical sense, the bezel-less-ness fits right in with the current trend.
    — David Pierce, WIRED, 2 June 2017
  • Much of that safety comes from the complex’s very underground-ness.
    — Sarah Scoles, WIRED, 3 May 2017
  • Trump once called Allen Weisselberg a loyal employee and one of the toughest people in the ness.
    — ABC News, 21 Aug. 2022
  • How did this one compare to Gene from Omaha in terms of whole-different-show-ness?
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 May 2017
  • The focus on the big-ness of it all often obscures questions about if, when and how all of this building will take place, as well as questions about the impact of the plan.
    — Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 15 May 2017
  • With the mannequin skin and hairless eyebrows there’s almost a sterile-ness to the characters.
    — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2020
  • But the twee-ness is OK, since this adaptation is pretty good, if also violent and a bit overblown.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2021
  • Fate of the Furious is too eager to please, too concerned with the Fast and Furious-ness of its existence.
    — vanityfair.com, 13 Apr. 2017
  • This picture of upside-down Adele above looks pretty normal apart from its upside-down-ness, right?
    — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 29 Feb. 2016
  • Yes, the tech bro-ness of it all seems to heavily permeate the industry and with that comes a level of gatekeeping.
    — Wagmo, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
  • So, there’s going to be that bro-y ness and physicality.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2023
  • Like Nike shoes and New Balance shoes, the best Adidas shoes are nothing short of style, comfort, performance, and iconic-ness.
    — Maverick Li, menshealth.com, 12 Apr. 2023
  • There’s enjoyment in the garlic-forward, creamy dish itself, but there’s also comfort in the routine-ness of it.
    — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Slick a pea-sized amount in hands and rub together to evenly distribute the formula, then grab the ends and rub between fingers for piecey-ness.
    — Health.com, 22 Aug. 2017
  • A key point to this is that this limited fractal-ness, which the researchers call a slim fractal, appears as the ball slows down (or equivalently, when the wheel slows down).
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 6 July 2017
  • That characteristic tightlipped-ness is on full display in the excerpt below, in which Stone outs the identity of the actor who lent Alexa her voice.
    — Robert Hackett, Fortune, 11 May 2021
  • Because things like this transcend sullen teenage boredom, whiny childish antsy-ness and stressful grownup busyness.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2017
  • That feeling, that general excited-ness, has still yet to fade years later.
    — Ashley Gilly, NOLA.com, 23 May 2017
  • Whatever its origins, the new sculpture adds another facet to the profile of Qin-ness: cosmopolitan taste.
    — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2017
  • The shadowless-ness effect is not just eerie and hypnotic, but a thoughtful reflection on peace and death: visitors will quietly walk through the aisle to take a seat at one of the pews.
    — Alexandra Pereira, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 June 2017
  • That despite all the internet-bro-y-ness that is (rightly) used to malign the crypto faithful, there was something wholesome about the ragtag nerds who were risking their own necks for the greater good.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 28 Nov. 2022
  • But Shyamalan, the writer director of the film, undercuts much of the heavy-handed ness with a nifty sense of humor, producing more laughs than all his other films combined.
    — Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2022

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