14 example sentences using empty.
Empty used in a sentence
Empty in a sentence as a noun
If buffer is equal to url's scheme's default port, set buffer to the empty string.
" [1]Do we really want to live in a country where your right to a trial is an empty right?
Because, you know, laziness makes people curl up in an empty bathtub and cry for 24 hours.
If port is the empty string, return host, serialized.
No empty boxes ever shipped out of the factory after the scales were put in place.
Empty in a sentence as a verb
A few feet before it, there was a $20 desk fan, blowing the empty boxes out of the belt and into a bin. Oh, that one of the guys put it there cause he was tired of walking over every time the bell rang, says one of the workers.
"Hypocrisy" is one of those empty criticisms, like "Unprofessional.
By the end of the first week, I was bankrupt although I had a huge stockpile of HQ buffs - but most importantly, virtually every buff vendor was empty except mine.
Having good health, a not-empty stomach, and a roof over your head is already a big step above a significant portion of the world's population.
Staring at an empty bank account, a pile of bills & wondering how you're paying rent next month does a remarkable job at distracting you from the emotional aspect of getting fired as well.
Empty in a sentence as an adjective
Jason responded with empty threats and demands, and clearly does not understand or respect his responsibilities in his business relationship.
They work 100+ hour weeks, they don't have families, or commitments and are willing to do it all for mere peanuts and empty promises of golden rainbows!Sadly - a few years of this turns them into realistic employees - and you need a whole new batch to replace them.
If the merchant has kept all funds out of reach of Square, by withdrawing all their money from the account and keeping the associated bank account empty, the merchant is indicating that they do not intend on fulfilling their end of the bargain on having a merchant account - namely honoring chargebacks and the determination process for chargeback disputes.
But sometimes one is dominant, and if the gray beast gets its teeth all the way into you, it takes away not just positive feelings but everything until you're just a walking shell so empty you can't even fully comprehend what you've lost.> The converse, when the black beast has you, can be much like you describe - you can still feel a kind of dreadful, frenzied joy in short moments as you cling desperately to the edge of the sucking dark hole in yourself, trying to ignore the beast's whispers that any pleasure is a lie that will just make the coming pain more stark and inescapable and utterly deserved.> They're liars, but they're good at it.
Empty definitions
a container that has been emptied; "return all empties to the store"
make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"
become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied"
See also: discharge
leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"
remove; "Empty the water"
holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"
devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"
needing nourishment; "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children"
See also: empty-bellied
emptied of emotion; "after the violent argument he felt empty"