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

“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

Its face was decaying and eyes had hollowed out.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2017

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

Since she’d cut it from Achelous’s head, the horn had hollowed out, becoming smooth and dark on the inside.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan