hollow
adjective
having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty.
had hollowed
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past perfectof hollow.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Their business survived, but the Wall Street crash had hollowed out the middle of the business; as the wealth divide grew, so did the split between her life and her increasingly super-rich clientele.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2022
Sérgio Sá Leitão, Brazil’s culture minister, acknowledged that the recession had hollowed the coffers of several museums in the country.
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2018
“We think they were about 3 weeks old. The mama had hollowed a little hole against a concrete block to have them.”
From Washington Times ● May 12, 2018
Quinn didn’t care much about either theory, or even the outcome; he just wanted something big to fill the void that had hollowed out his life.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 29, 2014
His father had hollowed it out during long winter evenings as he sat by the stove.
From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
