empty promise
Example Sentences
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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
But they pile up one empty promise after another.
From Salon • Dec. 6, 2022
Nuvangyaoma dismissed the talk as an empty promise, saying Talayumptewa has had plenty of time to enact change as a three-term council member on the education committee.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2021
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
