Bob raised his now-empty bottle of beer in the air.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dolls] Reference

Thantarth's deep voice echoed in the now-empty hall.    From Wordnik.com.  [Curse of the Shadowmage]

She opened the scrapbook on the now-empty tea table.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prayers To Broken Stones]

Auk rose slowly, still staring at the now-empty Window.    From Wordnik.com.  [Exodus From The Long Sun]

One taloned hand gripped the now-empty bowl and crushed it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Magic of Krynn]

Her grandmother picked up the now-empty basket and pitcher.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mad Ship]

Below him on the sand, Brashen dropped the now-empty bucket.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mad Ship]

He handed Jory the now-empty bottle with a paper label on it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Saturn Game]

In the same motion, Forrester let fly with the now-empty glass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pagan Passions] Reference

Caroline turned the now-empty margarita glass between her fingers.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Taint in the Blood]

He looked at his now-empty glass and the stenographer took it away.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seawitch]

Peter was hot on her heels, having discarded his now-empty sidearm.    From Wordnik.com.  [365 tomorrows » Sam Clough : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference

“That makes sense,” the man said, setting his now-empty cup on the table.    From Wordnik.com.  [365 tomorrows » 2009 » October : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference

He glanced over his shoulder at the now-empty shadows at the tail of the wagon.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lark And The Wren]

Azzi dropped off a bag in her now-empty office, ready to get to work right away.    From Wordnik.com.  [Former Stanford star, Olympian Jennifer Azzi ready to coach] Reference

Spread half of rice evenly in bottom of now-empty saucepan using rubber spatula.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-08-01] Reference

He finished smoothing the now-empty grave, looked up and caught her watching him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hunting Season]

They both scanned the now-empty temple, but there was no sign of any children now.    From Wordnik.com.  [Exile's Honor]

He held a finger up to his lips, then opened the door again onto the now-empty alley.    From Wordnik.com.  [Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town] Reference

Then they retired to the corner of the now-empty gate area and each made phone calls.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Stone Monkey]

Next, we repopulate those now-empty shelves with whole and minimally-processed foods.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rob Smart: Seeing Through the Food Industry's "Personal Responsibility" Smoke Screen] Reference

The next step was to fill the now-empty abdominal cavity with the Nigerian palm wine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mummies are not about screams and horror] Reference

Sure enough, Sazed's tall form stood by her now-empty table, speaking to a serving boy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mistborn] Reference

I added this to the now-empty 2.5 gallon fermenter after sampling a taste of the juice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference

He indicated the now-empty corner of the room where the recording had played itself out.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Howling Stones]

The company also hopes to rent out the now-empty third floor of about 90,000 square feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citi Defends Redesign, Plans a Reverse Split] Reference

He still held his bared tulwar and the now-empty golden goblet, and he swayed as he spoke.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conan The Invincible]

Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in now-empty skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-10-01] Reference

Our story takes us into the kitchen of a now-empty two-story frame house in Annapolis, Maryland.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ham Hocks on Your Cornflakes] Reference

He'd hung them to bleed them out; he'd field-dress them before he put them in his now-empty pack.    From Wordnik.com.  [Owlsight]

"The Stone Hills?" asked Justen, pouring some of the water in the bucket into the now-empty trough.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Order War]

Then with his now-empty left hand, Quentin pointed at me, and made a thumb gesture like a hitchhiker.    From Wordnik.com.  [Orphans of Chaos] Reference

I waved briefly, glancing swiftly toward my now-empty truck, and then shut the door before they were gone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twilight]

In the sterile quiet I tried to imagine the fear and the stench of death that must have permeated this now-empty room.    From Wordnik.com.  [Holocaust Remembrance, Part 2: Walking in Hell] Reference

He all but slid down the steps to the next landing, scrambled to his feet and ran through the now-empty building into the street.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great Hunt]