Definitions
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- n. The characteristic of being sightless; blindness.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state of being sightless: want of sight.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. the state of being blind or lacking sight
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Examples
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He closed his visionless eyes and tried to imagine the dexterous maneuver he had performed so many times in daylight without the encumbrances of water and pressure, of sightlessness and currents.
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Jason was at her side before she realized it, as if he understood all too well her fear of sightlessness-of course, he had been only a few feet away, and no longer needed to worry about erasing the chalk-marks by striding directly across to her.
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When an epidemic of sightlessness overwhelms an unnamed metropolitan hub, the afflicted are herded into a decommissioned sanitarium, quarantined by the government and kept under armed guards until an answer can be found.
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In their sightlessness, the internees leave their past lives behind, reaching out to one another in more ways than one to form bonds that would seem ridiculous by light of day.
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His eyes seemed to possess the frosted blue sightlessness of a man with severe cataracts.
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It made her feel strong, in command, it could bring out her sense of pity, it could do lots of things, my sightlessness.
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Through it all, the seer (Julianne Moore), known only as "the doctor's wife," feigns sightlessness to be able to look after her blind husband.
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In the final, eight-year rollup to his now five-year sightlessness, Floyd always avoided the Internet.
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This is one movie where sightlessness might be a blessing. rreed@observer.com
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It was evident to me then, in the spontaneity and sheer playfulness of the words and music I was hearing, he was not stumbling over or trumpeting his sightlessness.
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