hollow
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“What we are working toward is not a rejection of multilateralism, but putting clarity and results over inefficiency and hollow words,” a senior State Department official, Michael G. DeSombre, told the U.N.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
Employees, alumni and donor Thomas L. Beckmen met Harding with a tunnel of boomwhackers — colorful, hollow tubes used to help children practice their rhythm.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
The British government's response "needs to be more than words" as they "ring rather hollow".
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Although the teeth themselves were gone, these hollow spaces remained intact and empty.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
The crew explodes in cheering, celebration, and laughter—but it feels hollow as I look at Autumn.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Vocabulary lists containing hollow
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 5
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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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Excerpt from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
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