hollowed

Example Sentences

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Much of the agency’s senior leadership has been purged, and the scientific ranks have been hollowed out.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Industrial consolidation hollowed out America’s capacity to guarantee aerial dominance.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Similar to onions and a hollowed loaf of crusty bread, you most definitely can stuff a tomato.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Fuel and raw material shortages, chronic underinvestment and nationalisations have hollowed out the local economy.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

The Romans had made the dome out of big stone panels, but they’d hollowed out each panel in a square-within-square pattern.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan