hollow
adjective
having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty.
hollowest
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superlativeof hollow.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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In a world sorely lacking global leadership, champions of human rights stand poised to earn only the hollowest of victories.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2018
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey was nominated for the presidential race, but it was the hollowest of victories.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 27, 2018
Yet of all the characters in our history Bolingbroke must be pronounced to be most of a charlatan; of all the writing in our literature, his is the hollowest, the flashiest, the most insincere.'
From The Age of Pope (1700-1744) by John Dennis
God harden me against myself, This coward with pathetic voice Who craves for ease, and rest, and joys: Myself, arch-traitor to myself; My hollowest friend, my deadliest foe, 20 My clog whatever road I go.
From Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems by Christina Georgina Rossetti
He imagines himself one of the most solid of men; he is essentially one of the hollowest.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 by Henry James
