empty suit
Example Sentences
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Jessie saying "night night" and giving a salute to an empty suit of armour on her way out of the castle one evening was perhaps the epitome of her brilliant eccentricity.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
When Tom learns Shiv is going to vote against GoJo, he confesses to her that he is Matsson’s CEO of choice and she rages, calling him an empty suit.
From New York Times • May 28, 2023
McCarthy is an empty suit, a man without taste or style.
From Salon • Jan. 12, 2023
Mr. Ossoff, meanwhile, is presenting a clean-cut look, offering himself up as a policy-wise technocrat and pushing back against attempts to cast him as an empty suit.
From Washington Times • Dec. 23, 2020
He was seated across from us, looking like an empty suit of clothes starched into position.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
