be empty
Frequency: 9.050.2 per million words
the state of not containing things or people
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Examples (10)
- The bottle is empty; please recycle it.
- The streets were eerily empty after the city-wide curfew was announced.
- The classroom will be empty during the summer holidays.
- My stomach is so empty I can hear it rumbling.
- Excuse me, is this seat empty? I'd like to sit here.
- When we arrived, the auditorium was almost completely empty.
- My email inbox is finally empty after hours of sorting messages.
- If the fuel tank is empty, the car won't start.
- The old mansion had been empty for decades before it was restored.
- The shelves in the supermarket were empty just hours after the storm warning.