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

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

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Though the city of Hartford itself, like many downtowns across the country, was hollowed out by the pandemic, the suburbs went gangbusters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

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

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

The Americans and their guards and Campbell took shelter in an echoing meat locker which was hollowed in living rock under the slaughterhouse.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut