hollowed
Example Sentences
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Second, it hollowed out Congress’ power to enforce our constitutional promise of racial equality at the polls, insisting that Congress lacked the power to do more than prohibit purposeful racial discrimination.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026
"Wall cabinets, sofas, coffee tables, dining tables, and chairs vanished in an instant. It was as if the entire building had been hollowed out," Wang told the Xiaoxiang Morning Herald.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
What's unique about the east of Germany today is that these birth rates are happening within a population that was so recently – and so rapidly – hollowed out.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Meanwhile, they overheard their parents fret that society might be forever hollowed out.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
The palace was made of the same clean,white, unadorned stone as the Ice Court walls, and the whole place felt as if it had been hollowed out of a glacier.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
