lie empty
Frequency: 6.15.5 per million words
to be in an empty state, often for a long time
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Examples (10)
- The box lay empty on the bed after all the gifts were unwrapped.
- For decades, the old factory has lain empty, a relic of a bygone industrial era.
- The stadium will lie empty until the next football season begins.
- After the harvest, the vast fields were lying empty under the autumn sky.
- His promises, once so full of hope, now lie empty and broken.
- Several storefronts on the main street lie empty due to the economic downturn.
- The plate lay empty on the table, wiped clean of any crumbs.
- The grand old house has lain empty since the family moved away.
- Her notebook had lain empty for weeks, a testament to her writer's block.
- After the final bell, the school hallways lie empty and silent.