hollowed

Example Sentences

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Some fear their community will be hollowed out entirely, with many residents already pushed from land they have farmed for decades for the $15 billion project.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 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

Australia’s refining sector has hollowed out in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Then the call came again, softly, insistently, from a clump of trees, one of which was a tremendous old oak—long since hollowed out, first by lightning and then by decay.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt