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
Livestream video from student journalists showed the encampment had emptied out as police formed a line to move remaining protesters away and stop people from re-entering the area.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2024
She had emptied it to make room for as much stuff as possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2024
Commercial premises had emptied out as the financial crisis saw even some of the biggest businesses fold.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2023
It had been no uncommon sight to see a man-at-arms whistling like a lobster, and looking like porridge, because they had emptied a bucket of boiling bran over his armour during a siege.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
