hallow

Example Sentences

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Happily for America, we rely on lessons of experience where we hallow and raise not men but ideas and virtues.

From Time • Sep. 16, 2016

The “I don’t know why” response rings hallow.

From Washington Times • Mar. 8, 2016

For a self-proclaimed straight shooter, Rousey rang hallow during fight week when she said on a pre-bout conference call with media that if fans wanted another bout with Tate so did she.

From The Guardian • Aug. 2, 2015

Abraham Lincoln stated it succinctly at Gettysburg with his series of negatives: “We can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground.”

From Washington Post • May 24, 2015

For it led up on to the mountain to a high hallow where only the kings had been wont to go.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien