Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a wooden gong. With trust, words become life itself. From LearnThat.org. [John Harold]
hollow (or false) promises. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
hollow out a tree trunk. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A hollow wall. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Because even conservatives are criticizing what they call a hollow effort here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 5, 2006] Reference
I would go with the .44 mag 240 grain hollow point. From Wordnik.com. [Best caliber rifle] Reference
Winchester 150 grain hollow points boadsided at about 30 yards. From Wordnik.com. [Think back..What was the gun you used to kill your first whitetail?] Reference
Unlike similar bats, this bat roosts in hollow trees instead of caves. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-01-01] Reference
The name hollow claw-foot appropriately indicates the clinical appearances. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
Rhetoric, delivered empty, echos well in hollow minds of G (no) P-baggers …. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » DeMint Lies: ‘I Did Not Want’ Health Care ‘To Be The President’s Waterloo’] Reference
"I have no doubt you are right; but what were you referring to as a hollow sham?". From Wordnik.com. [Paul Patoff] Reference
The only question that now seems hollow is why we ever invaded in the first place. From Wordnik.com. [November 2003] Reference
Lucifer shook his round iron head, and in hollow tones replied, My nerves is that shook. From Wordnik.com. [A Christmas Cake in Four Quarters] Reference
They live in hollow trees, but we have never had the good luck to meet one in our rambles. From Wordnik.com. [Rural Hours] Reference
I have shot the 295 grain hollow point copper Power Belts for several years in my 50 caliber. From Wordnik.com. [Do you use powerbelts for your muzzle loader? What do you think about them?] Reference
He added that Mr. Loughner "used the word hollow to describe how fake the real world was to him.". From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
WOODHOUSELEE. of this pattern we saw in the dials at Oldhamstocks and Cockburnspath, where a semicircular hollow is employed. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Sun-Dials] Reference
Here the troops were formed up in hollow square, the Proclamation read, and the sovereignty proclaimed under a salute of 21 guns. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.] Reference
Tlacuaches make their homes in hollow trees, or beneath constructions, sometimes using the empty burrows of rabbits or armadillos. From Wordnik.com. [Did You Know? "Tlacuaches" (opossums )] Reference
We had an Army that was described as a hollow Army. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 30, 2006] Reference
But relief at escaping the hollow was a fleeting thing. From Wordnik.com. [Wit'ch Storm]
This lack of equipment is termed the hollow force syndrome. From Wordnik.com. [What to do] Reference
It was already what some people called a hollow government. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
It is best in this case to use what is known as a hollow back. From Wordnik.com. [Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians] Reference
For the second time in the red house in the hollow was a buried name. From Wordnik.com. [My third book] Reference
And in the hollow was the body of the poor detective and a brief note. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece] Reference
She stopped and looked, and saw that in the hollow was a wicker basket. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: The Witch's Boy by Michael Gruber] Reference
At the front of the hollow was a rocky ledge, hung with heathery tufts. From Wordnik.com. [Five Go Off In A Caravan]
The head of the hollow is the furthest extent of the hollow going up the mountain. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 3, 2006] Reference
Beyond the hollow was the square top of the mountain and soon they were standing on it. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Flies]
That means making lightweight pieces, and bangles that are hollow, which is more labor intensive. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
About X77i he was applied to by the iate Duke of Norfolk to make a mould to call a hollow fquare. From Wordnik.com. [Typographical antiquities. History, origin, and progress, of the art of printing, from its first invention in Germany to the end of the seventeenth century;] Reference
That means making light-weight pieces, and bangles that are hollow, which is more labor intensive. From Wordnik.com. [Bulgari Gold Ring Succumbs to Ceramics With Jewelry Held Hostage by Bubble - Bloomberg] Reference
It made him sound desperate, and his domestic platform ring hollow, which is pretty much on the mark. From Wordnik.com. [Kerry: 3-0] Reference
In Figs. 3 and 4 the drop is clean gone below the surface of the hollow, which is now deeper and larger than before. From Wordnik.com. [The Splash of a Drop] Reference
The suspensura caldariorum, as Vitruvius calls the hollow walls and floors raised upon pillars, are in remarkably good preservation. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Now and again a shell would burst near by with a kind of hollow. From Wordnik.com. [A Yankee in the Trenches] Reference
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