hollow man
Example Sentences
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E. Jean Carroll called Trump a hollow man.
From Salon • Feb. 2, 2024
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
