Example Sentences

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He reiterated an unfounded charge he has repeated many times: that other nations have emptied jails and mental institutions and sent the inmates to the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2024

But in the decades that that have followed, despite redevelopments, many of the units have emptied.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2023

Most emergency shelters have emptied, with fewer than 70 people remaining.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2023

A slowing economy and a remote-work thunderclap have emptied offices across the country, with some warning of a ticking bomb in the commercial real estate market.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

He knew that he had to have emptied the horn this time, and yet when he lowered the horn from his lips, it had gone down by only the length of his thumb.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman