hollow words
Example Sentences
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"We call on governments to step up to their responsibilities and live up to their commitments of a just transition – hollow words are not enough."
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2024
Steve’s increasingly hollow words contain echoes of certain powerful men whose insufficient relationships with their fathers fostered insatiable needs for success and adulation.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2022
“These are words, hollow words, and nothing that suggests there is any intent to carry out any of those supposed threats,” she said.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2021
Instead, the Masters chose to stand behind well-sounding but utterly hollow words that fail to advance the cause of racial justice, and gestures that do little to make Augusta a more inclusive and welcoming place.
From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2021
The officers watched him keenly as he uttered these hollow words, fearing lest, though conscious that his designs were suspected, he might still attempt to accomplish them.
From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Parkman, Francis
