hollowed
Example Sentences
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Once a byword for joyful excess, Havana has been hollowed by blackouts, departures and deep uncertainty about its future.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said town centres had been "hollowed out" by decades of decline and "for many people, the high streets they grew up with have become unrecognisable".
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Second, it hollowed out Congress’ power to enforce our constitutional promise of racial equality at the polls, insisting that Congress lacked the power to do more than prohibit purposeful racial discrimination.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026
Much of the agency’s senior leadership has been purged, and the scientific ranks have been hollowed out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
He looks hollowed out, like the first time I saw him up close, in the police station—as though someone has scraped away his insides, leaving a shell.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
