hollow out
Example Sentences
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That pattern echoes what economists call skills-biased technological change: the tendency of some new technologies to hollow out routine work while complementing jobs held by more highly educated workers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
"This is the Zygopush," Marvin tells me, while pressing his thumbs directly under his cheekbones and massaging upwards towards his ears in an attempt to hollow out his cheeks.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
There’s a case involving a rich benefactor who has plans to basically hollow out the essence of this school.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025
“Timeliness” can infuse a book with greater personal and social resonance, but it can also hollow out a novel, encouraging readers to see “issue” rather than “story.”
From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2022
Nhamo knew she wasn’t going to hollow out the mukwa trunk with the panga.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
