empty chair
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A chair that no one is sitting in.
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Examples (10)
- He gestured to an empty chair.
- The room was silent, with a single empty chair in the center.
- Is this an empty chair? Can I sit here?
- His absence was felt, symbolized by the empty chair at the dinner table.
- She stared at the empty chair where her grandfather used to sit.
- The conference room was filled with rows of empty chairs waiting for the attendees.
- Please take any empty chair you can find.
- I noticed an empty chair in the corner and pulled it over to my desk.
- There will be an empty chair next to me if you want to join.
- That empty chair has been there all day; I wonder who it's for.