hollow
adjective
having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty.
hollower
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comparativeof hollow.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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It’s hollower than a tweet asking for thoughts and prayers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025
Were the words that the cast spoke and sung hollower than they’d been 2½ weeks ago?
From Washington Post ● Jun. 26, 2022
Itgen isn’t sure why larger genomes lead to hollower hearts.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 2, 2022
In Kong: Skull Island, he’s bigger—much bigger, so much so that he could stand eye-to-antenna with the Empire State Building without needing to scale it—but he’s hollower, too.
From Slate ● Mar. 9, 2017
Then the clicking of its spikes against the stone suddenly turned into a deeper, hollower sound.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
