hollowed

Example Sentences

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Meanwhile, they overheard their parents fret that society might be forever hollowed out.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

“Radio was hollowed out by the corporations, before its utility to the American citizen ended,” Socolow said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Though the city of Hartford itself, like many downtowns across the country, was hollowed out by the pandemic, the suburbs went gangbusters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Fuel and raw material shortages, chronic underinvestment and nationalisations have hollowed out the local economy.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

The flat part of the stick he hollowed out with his knife till it was a little trough.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder