become empty
Frequency: 7.113.3 per million words
to change from a state of being full to empty
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Examples (10)
- After the parade, the streets quickly became empty.
- The water bottle will become empty if you keep drinking from it.
- After his children left for college, his life suddenly became empty.
- As the workday ended, the large office began to become empty.
- My bank account has become almost empty after paying all the bills.
- The tourist town becomes empty during the cold winter months.
- The stadium, once full of cheering fans, had become eerily empty.
- The nest will become empty once the baby birds learn to fly.
- The shelf where the popular toy was displayed had become empty in just an hour.
- The conference room is becoming empty as people leave for lunch.