hollow man
Example Sentences
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Hader's hollow man may never find grace, and it's a sure wager that the end of his story won't be clean or pleasant.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2022
Odenkirk imagined Saul Goodman as “a hollow man, like my dad and his pals.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2022
Laurel says he did all the creative work and was repaid by a lack of loyalty, while Hardy cuts even deeper, calling his longtime partner a hollow man fueled by jealousy for Charlie Chaplin.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2018
Go round the back and you discover that only these clothes are keeping him upright: Father is a hollow man.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 29, 2012
And on and on it went—that duet between the dumb, praying lady and the big, hollow man who was so full of loving echoes.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
