hollow
adjective
having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty.
have hollowed
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present perfectof hollow.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Fuel and raw material shortages, chronic underinvestment and nationalisations have hollowed out the local economy.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
The death of Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, announced Wednesday by Israel, was the third high-level assassination in roughly 24 hours in a series of strikes that have hollowed out Tehran’s leadership ranks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
“We have hollowed out manufacturing in this country,” Phelan said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
By the time “Civil War” opens, the fight has been raging for an undisclosed period yet long enough to have hollowed out cities and people’s faces alike.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
Below the hard limestone, they have hollowed out a path through very soft rocks, sands, and clays; in these the streams have inevitably made large inroads, sapping the limestone cliffs which overhang them.
From World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)
