empty

Example Sentences

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To the right, with the Iranian coast only 40 miles away, the dark-blue sea is completely empty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

As cooking continues, that water evaporates, creating empty spaces that allow oil to be drawn in through negative pressure.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026

In St. Clair, Magna has opened its facility to tours by other automakers and suppliers, hoping to lure new business to occupy empty swaths of the factory floor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Novo already sells an oral version of its blockbuster weight-loss drug, Wegovy, but it must be taken on an empty stomach with no more than four ounces of water.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

We fill up our empty water bottles at the fountain, and I hand him one of the two bottles I’ve been carrying in the back of my belt, which have orange Gatorade inside.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison