Definition of Lacuna

a gap or missing part

Examples of Lacuna in a sentence

The story’s plot was missing, creating a lacuna in the middle of the text.  🔊

Discovering the ancient text, historians were sad to discover there was a lacuna in the middle with several missing pages.  🔊

The doctor discovered a lacuna inside the patient’s bone and struggled to figure out while it was hollow.  🔊

A lacuna in the attorney’s argument caused the jury to question the gap and the ultimate loss of the case.  🔊

Because of a lacuna in her work history, the former stay-at-home mom had a hard time finding a job.  🔊

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