hollow words

Example Sentences

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Steve’s increasingly hollow words contain echoes of certain powerful men whose insufficient relationships with their fathers fostered insatiable needs for success and adulation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2022

“These are words, hollow words, and nothing that suggests there is any intent to carry out any of those supposed threats,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2021

Instead, the Masters chose to stand behind well-sounding but utterly hollow words that fail to advance the cause of racial justice, and gestures that do little to make Augusta a more inclusive and welcoming place.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2021

She dismissed them as harsh judgments and hollow words from people she did not trust.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2016

Here was outrage upon outrage committed upon these people, and to tell them to hope and wait for better times, but seemed like speaking hollow words.

From Minnie's Sacrifice by Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins