empty
adjective
containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents.
had emptied
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past perfectof empty.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Even though officials had emptied and closed a site in Durban which had at one stage held roughly 10,000 people, foreign nationals continued to arrive and numbered around 1,000 on Friday, an AFP journalist said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Shull said she estimated that she had lost £250,000 in wages, destroyed food and equipment, adding that she had emptied her savings, cashed in her pension and used multiple credit cards to cover costs.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
She had emptied it to make room for as much stuff as possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2024
He said the leak had emptied the canister.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
Hagrid had emptied vault seven hundred and thirteen, if you could call it emptying, taking out that grubby little package.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
