empty talk
Example Sentences
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The notion of companies flocking back to Russia is empty talk, said Alexandra Prokopenko, a former Russian central bank official who is now a fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
“But it can’t just be empty talk; we need to see words backed up with tagine action.”
From Washington Times • Oct. 17, 2023
The eSafety Commission criticised the firm's "empty talk" on the issue.
From BBC • Oct. 16, 2023
Brazil is striving to show its shift in rhetoric amounts to more than empty talk.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 16, 2021
It was just empty talk, he told himself.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
