hollow man

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When his creative well is completely dry, he has to resort to subterfuge, and you realize that for all the bluff and entitlement, he is a hollow man.

From Salon • Jul. 6, 2023

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

You could well believe he might look in the mirror and discover that there's nobody there, except a hollow man performing the role of king.

From The Guardian • Jan. 24, 2013

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