Example Sentences

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Emptied tanks also need to be scrapped for storage.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 26, 2023

Emptied during COVID-19, the shift to home working has made office blocks slow to refill.

From Reuters • Jul. 14, 2023

Daisy Fried’s fourth book of poems, “The Year the City Emptied: After Baudelaire,” has just been published.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2022

Emptied out by coronavirus during lockdown, the City was the perfect place for socially distanced, government-mandated walks.

From The Guardian • Jul. 16, 2020

Emptied out, it didn’t look like Robin’s room anymore.

From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate