empty
adjective
containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents.
emptying
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present participleof empty.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The first is slower gastric emptying, which means food moves from the stomach into the small intestine more gradually.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
Indonesian authorities raided a prison outside Jakarta Wednesday where inmates have allegedly been paying to live in luxury, emptying several "villas" of furniture, bottles of alcohol and at least one big-screen TV.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Dr. Nidhi Kansal, an obesity-medicine doctor at Northwestern Medicine who wasn’t involved in the research, said that amylin works similarly to GLP-1 by slowing stomach emptying and can therefore still come with similar side effects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
"The key thing is, we're filling quicker than emptying," Keiller insists.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
She sat down and pushed me aside, emptying the box onto the floor and sorting the letters into piles with the speed of a postal worker.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
