echo hollowly

Frequency: 4.00.9 per million words

Used to describe a sound that echoes in a way that suggests emptiness.

hollowlyVERB + hollowly

Categories:

echo

Examples (10)

  • His voice began to echo hollowly through the abandoned chamber.
  • The sound of the bell echoed hollowly in the empty church.
  • A single cough echoed hollowly in the vast, silent hall.
  • Her laughter would echo hollowly in the vacant house after everyone left.
  • The footsteps of the lone guard echoed hollowly down the long corridor.
  • The wind howled, making the old building echo hollowly.
  • His desperate plea seemed to echo hollowly with no one to hear.
  • The last note of the song echoed hollowly, leaving a sense of desolation.
  • The minister's sermon used to echo hollowly in the cavernous chapel.
  • The distant cry of a bird echoed hollowly across the barren landscape.