His voice echoed emptily through the control center. From Wordnik.com. [Ice Station Zebra]
Her footsteps echoed emptily in the deserted hallway. From Wordnik.com. [Achille's Choice]
“I was passing when it happened,” he said emptily. From Wordnik.com. [Conferences are Murder]
Gann looked at her emptily, and found himself shivering. From Wordnik.com. [Starchild Omnibus]
Mary made no reply, just gazed emptily into Heidi's face. From Wordnik.com. [Where Eagles Dare]
All now melted in air, with a light wind emptily fleeting. From Wordnik.com. [The Poems and Fragments of Catullus] Reference
"I don't know what you are talking about," he said emptily. From Wordnik.com. [When Eight Bells Toll]
A pair of elevator doors stood open, the shaft gaping emptily. From Wordnik.com. [The Whisperers] Reference
Giru lay on her back, sprawled and staring emptily at the ceiling. From Wordnik.com. [The Saturn Game]
He spoke without looking up, his eyes gazing emptily into the fire. From Wordnik.com. [Where Eagles Dare]
Until Tadpole was safely in bed, and the evening yawned emptily ahead. From Wordnik.com. [zizi] Reference
The thing buzzed ten times, emptily, before I put the handset down again. From Wordnik.com. [Hoodwink]
With a groan he doubled over the rail again, retching loudly and emptily. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Unconquered]
He moved blindly and emptily, asking no questions, going nowhere save away. From Wordnik.com. [The Tiger in the Smoke]
Gregori stood very still, dark expressionless eyes looking emptily into mine. From Wordnik.com. [The Satan Bug]
The sails bellied emptily overhead, and Captain Warfield grunted his disgust. From Wordnik.com. [THE PEARLS OF PARLAY] Reference
"An 'the reserve technician went down in Haifa wi' appendix," he said emptily. From Wordnik.com. [Modesty Blaise]
He looked into it with sharp scrutiny, and tapped it emptily on his open palm. From Wordnik.com. [FINIS] Reference
The wind - the cloud's shadow does not pass more silently, more emptily than he. From Wordnik.com. [Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte] Reference
The hand was jerked back, and the teeth came together emptily with a sharp click. From Wordnik.com. [The Mad God] Reference
She appreciated that Perry was trying to keep the time from stretching so emptily. From Wordnik.com. [Heart Of Stone]
It was a miserable village, poor and deserted, and the cottage doors swung emptily. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Gold]
It was scarcely noon and the whole of the rest of the day yawned emptily before him. From Wordnik.com. [Slightly Married]
"Feed us to -" With a groan he doubled over the rail again, retching loudly and emptily. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Unconquered]
Dreams took a long time to die, she recognised emptily, but last night hers finally had. From Wordnik.com. [Passionate Relationship]
From the next rise there was no sign of either of them: the road stretched emptily ahead. From Wordnik.com. [Bonecrack]
Elsinore, without the steadying of her canvas, rolls emptily and drifts a lunatic course. From Wordnik.com. [CHAPTER XLIII] Reference
She shrugged, her arm moving to hold Celeste tighter and then falling emptily to her side. From Wordnik.com. [The Angel Experiment]
The Security Police sergeant looked emptily after them as they progressed down the corridor. From Wordnik.com. [Adaptation] Reference
He lunged in vain at a linebacker, who deftly sidestepped him, and crashed emptily to earth. From Wordnik.com. [A Beautiful Mind] Reference
Neither of these pictures is legible in a realist way: but neither is emptily abstract, either. From Wordnik.com. [Howard Hodgkin - the last English romantic painter] Reference
John Breckenridge was not a man to boast emptily, or to hold out hopes which he knew could never be realized. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861] Reference
A troubadour's lute would tinkle emptily in these woods that had seen massacre and knew the shriek of the death cry. From Wordnik.com. [Montlivet] Reference
I am a mom every day - happily, weirdly, half-fully rather than half-emptily, even when the child in question is not around. From Wordnik.com. [Karen Stabiner: Is My Nest Empty or Just Half-Full?] Reference
He stood and stared emptily into his friend's eyes until something close akin to dreary defiance rose and marked his numbed comprehension. From Wordnik.com. [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference
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