There was the car manual, a near-empty box of Wash.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Taint in the Blood]

After a shower we headed to the near-empty restaurant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hiking the High Tatras:] Reference

I gestured to her, and commandeered a near-empty table.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Magic of Recluce]

Tim discovered the near-empty bottle still in his hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lucifer's Hammer]

This one was announced by a huge, near-empty parking lot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Devil's Waltz]

The dark-haired boy tucked the model into his near-empty pack.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Magic of Recluce]

The other was swigging bourbon straight from a near-empty bottle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shock Value]

What ails you that you've set out a near-empty bottle on the table?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ship Of Destiny]

He recognized his voice, and imagined him in the near-empty offices.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maigret and the Saturday Caller]

Tracker slung the near-empty pack over his shoulder and strode forward.    From Wordnik.com.  [Asimov's Science Fiction]

The horses carried the near-empty wagon out of Wandernaught with easy steps.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Order War]

We arrived in Felsa at twilight, and stayed in the near-empty barracks there.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Death of Chaos]

Truzenzuzex sighed deeply, an eerie whistling sound in the near-empty chamber.    From Wordnik.com.  [The End of The Matter]

The lutar was strapped over near-empty saddlebags, also at Hanfor's suggestion.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Spellsong War]

If this continued, there was a chance the opera would play to near-empty houses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ben Rosen: The Metropolitan Opera -- Turnaround Case Study] Reference

Renfry laughed, and started up the dusty, near-empty street with Valdir following.    From Wordnik.com.  [Magic's Promise]

Pete walked through the near-empty dining room, checked tables, and picked up menus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roadside Daisies] Reference

He set his near-empty beer on the coffee table, all of his attention focused on her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shiver]

The budget deal would bring some immediate relief to California's near-empty coffers.    From Wordnik.com.  [California Lawmakers Pass Budget Plan] Reference

"I am a soldier with a mission," Reid said with a smile to a near-empty Senate chamber.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bob Geiger: Reid's Nine-Hour Protest Against Senate GOP In 2003] Reference

Again uneventful, except for the friggin 'eagle sitting next to the near-empty fifth lek.    From Wordnik.com.  [grouse Diary Entry] Reference

For a long moment Elizabeth and Mary stood confronting each other in the near-empty room.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ill Met By Moonlight]

More broadly, given the near-empty shelves, a slower pace of inventory liquidation is likely.    From Wordnik.com.  [Building a Recovery, Factory by Factory] Reference

"Welcome to Holyrood," said James, and his voice sounded hollow in the near-empty guard room.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]

If I had to agree with everyone's views who came to my classes, my studio would be near-empty.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sadie Nardini: The War Of Yoga: Bringing Our Troops To The Mat!] Reference

I am standing in the near-empty hallway, leaning against a locker right outside the classroom.    From Wordnik.com.  [My 60-Second Protest From The Hallway] Reference

It is accurately performed in front of a near-empty arena, much like the rest of these Olympics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Olympics Watch: Culture and Celebrity] Reference

Justen followed the older engineer out to the near-empty highway across from the ancient armory.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Order War]

Third, fourth, quite a few more thoughts passed as he made his way back to the near-empty room.    From Wordnik.com.  [jaxraven Diary Entry] Reference

Odd, how a couple nights of a near-empty belly could make even hard-tack and salt beef sound good.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ship Of Magic]

I paid her, tucked my near-empty purse back into its pocket, and turned to look at the doors again.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Monstrous Regiment of Women]

It's so nice -- it made me happy even upstairs, to think about that near-empty basement downstairs.    From Wordnik.com.  [readersguide Diary Entry] Reference

Girdwood, Alaska Die-hard skiers will travel far and spend big for untracked powder and near-empty runs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Skiing's Last Frontier] Reference

His campaign appearances, held in near-empty meeting halls, are greeted with apathy and sometimes even ridicule.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Hero's Last Hurrah] Reference

He set his near-empty drink -- a Bacardi martini -- on the mantel and waddled out of the room toward the basement.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Big Bounce] Reference

Only a handful of people were present at 9: 30 on the opening morning, chatting over breakfast in the near-empty space.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wall Street Rift: Journal Reporters Reject Gigot Line] Reference

Tokyo must fight that with a near-empty arsenal, with its already dire fiscal conditions and super-lose monetary policy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tokyo Hints at Yen Intervention] Reference

We were sitting on a vast near-empty beach contemplating the ocean, when an extended family set up camp directly in front of us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Erica Abeel: Bankers in the Sky with Diamonds] Reference

(The near-empty stores are guarded by Stepfordized sales girls who descend on shoppers like a pack of cooing, automated vultures.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Doctoroff: China's Booming Luxury Market: Goldmine or Landmine?] Reference

A hand-over-hand journey down a narrow tube brings me to a near-empty carousel; a quick spin, then I'm deposited in a disembarkment area.    From Wordnik.com.  [A King of Infinite Space]