empty promise
Example Sentences
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But the people who worked and ate at the Moscow Pizza Huts still remember the pepperoni and the red-checkered tablecloths and what they represented: In Russia, change wasn’t always an empty promise.
From Slate • Nov. 13, 2025
She was looking to the north, in the direction of an empty promise.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025
Broadcasting union Bectu said the "commitment to draw a line in the sand must not be an empty promise".
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025
Oregon’s federal public defender, Fidel Cassino-DuCloux, said Friday’s decision “breathes life into the Sixth Amendment right to counsel, which have been an empty promise for too many presumptively innocent Oregonians charged with crimes.”
From Seattle Times • May 31, 2024
He had made no empty promise when he assured her that he would do his best; for there was something that could still be done.
From The Divine Fire by Sinclair, May
