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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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noun

(usually a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.

Writers often choose accommodation when discussing complex ideas.

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denseness

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/den-suh-nuhs/Used In Literature ↓

The quality of being thick, crowded, or closely packed together.

In a Sentence

The denseness of the fog made it difficult to see the road ahead.

Origin

From 'dense' (Latin 'densus' meaning 'thick, crowded') plus the suffix '-ness'.

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Poetry examples for denseness

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.