emptily
Example Sentences
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Glinda’s shtick had me laughing reflexively but emptily.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2024
In another a speechless young man, heavily bandaged, gazes emptily into the camera.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2023
“Brown just stood there, staring emptily into chaos,” writes Kent Babb in “Across the River: Life, Death, a nd Football in an American City.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2021
He sometimes slouched or stared emptily into the distance, or held a palm to his reddened forehead — given a persistent sheen by sweat — as if in despair.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2020
Roger ceased to be a pig and became a hunter, so that the center of the ring yawned emptily.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
