How to Use empty in a Sentence

empty

1 of 3 adjective

• She felt trapped in an empty marriage.
• The arena was completely empty.
• One even stored it in an empty paint can in their garage.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 22 Sep. 2023
• The space that housed the studio sits empty, chairs and tables gone.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2023
• The chair is empty — the seat that remains unclaimed at the table.
  — Britt Riner, Fox News, 27 May 2023
• Even though our children have moved away, the nest doesn’t feel empty to me.
  — Danny Heitman, WSJ, 5 Nov. 2023
• Where cafes and shops now thrive, there were empty storefronts and open-air drug markets in the 1990s.
  — Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
• Most of it involved moving Kleenex and changing the amount of light in empty rooms.
  — Christopher Fiorello, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024
• The platform was empty except for a lone man in a wheelchair.
  — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024
• Use an empty container or toy box and place a few of your child’s toys in it.
  — Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• The doors to the police station were locked and the building lobby was empty, the news report said.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2023
• Both teams came up empty in the five-minute overtime period to force the shootout.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2024
• On Thursday, Halls said Gutierrez first brought him the gun and showed him that the chamber was empty.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• Missing was Bilirakis -- and there are two empty seats in the chamber.
  — WSJ, 18 Oct. 2023
• Those can take more than 50 hours to charge a vehicle from empty to 80% full.
  — Bret Baier, Fox News, 30 Dec. 2023
• There was no one ahead of her, leaving the roughly 30 feet of loading area empty.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
• The movie star was found nude and face down on her bed with a telephone in one hand and empty pill bottles scattered around the room.
  — Lizzy Rosenberg, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023
• Michael Rasmussen scored an empty netter to seal the deal with 6 seconds left.
  — Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 4 Jan. 2024
• Your glass can either be half empty or half full, and my glass is always half full.
  — Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Feb. 2024
• Notably, Biden’s public schedule is still empty for the first two days of COP28.
  — Jon McGowan, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• After several squeezes, the egg will be empty and ready to return to the safety of the carton.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2024
• On a Sunday morning, the place was empty save for one family, and the air was quiet.
  — Mya Guarnieri, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
• One of the mountainside homes is believed to have been empty at the time, officials said.
  — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 23 Nov. 2023
• She’s seen bears punch through old garage doors and use the crawl spaces under empty houses as dens.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2023
• At dawn Wednesday, the streets of central Jenin city were empty and quiet, save for the sound of distant gunfire from the camp.
  — Lorenzo Tugnoli, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
• Cons There is no empty cycle for changing out the litter.
  — Katherine Alex Beaven, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
• The first, hour-long episode was kinky yet empty, like a visit to a red-light district during the pandemic.
  — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 4 June 2023
• Thankfully, the schools were already empty by that time.
  — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
• Remove from heat, push vegetables to one side of the pot, pour brandy into empty side, and ignite with a match.
  — Adriene Rathbun, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2024
• The implication is that the harder the squeeze, the sweeter the juice—that there’s virtue in staring down the empty page, taming it, forcing it to give way to prose.
  — Christopher Beam, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2023

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empty

2 of 3 verb

• It's your turn to empty the trash.
• She emptied the contents of her purse onto the table.
• The dock empties the dirt basket and cleans and dries the mop.
  — Medea Giordano, WIRED, 11 July 2023
• Keep in Mind The dustbin may need to be emptied mid-clean.
  — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Jan. 2024
• Over nearly four hours, the thief emptied out most of the cellar.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2023
• To rinse the beans, open the cans and empty the contents into a colander.
  — Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Mar. 2023
• Then use a shop vac or sponge to empty the inside of the toilet.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 24 Mar. 2023
• After, the tool is easy to empty and there was no need to pick any stubborn hairs off of the roller.
  — Jodhaira Rodriguez, goodhousekeeping.com, 11 Apr. 2023
• Just need to make sure Wednesday hasn't emptied the pool first.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
• The dustbin is easy to empty, and the dustbin and filters are all washable.
  — Terri Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 July 2023
• Trash cans won’t be emptied, delaying refuse pickup by one day for the rest of the week.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
• So on a child’s day, they are required to empty the dishwasher, take out the trash, feed the dog, etc.
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 18 Aug. 2023
• Keep in Mind The dustbin is a little hard to empty, and hair can get stuck inside.
  — Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2023
• The quickest way to empty the pipeline is not to wait until all the shows are shot but to stop the shows from shooting.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2023
• And porta-potties that are full of poop and unable to be emptied.
  — Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2023
• The game was so lopsided Kings coach Mike Brown emptied the bench at the start of the fourth quarter with his team down by 28 points.
  — Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 29 Feb. 2024
• Also think about the size of the dust bin, which will impact how often the vacuum needs to be emptied.
  — Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2023
• After The Safer is emptied, it must then be cleaned to ensure no oil residue is left, Gressly said.
  — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 28 July 2023
• As the stands emptied, the bull was taken back into the corrals, where it was killed and then prepared to be eaten as meat.
  — James Wagner Luis Antonio Rojas, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
• In northern Israel and near the Gaza border, villages and farms have been emptied.
  — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
• The building was emptied before getting power washed and the sheetrock ripped out and replaced.
  — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024
• Don’t empty your rainy day fund at the nearest convenience store just yet.
  — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 17 Nov. 2023
• As midnight approached, the church emptied out, and about 60 people sat in darkness watching the marathon’s last leg.
  — Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024
• Laundry can seem like an endless chore when your hamper starts to fill up as soon as it's emptied.
  — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Nov. 2023
• And with enough space inside to hold up to three pounds of ice, you won’t be stuck constantly emptying it throughout the day.
  — Rebecca Martinson, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2023
• As the restaurant emptied before game time, Jett got restless.
  — Emma Carmichael, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• Two players from each tribe must race to empty a crate full of rope and sandbags, revealing a key.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
• By then, Drake’s entire sideline had emptied, rushing the field.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2023
• These are airport servicing vehicles which empty the tank and take the contents to be processed on airport grounds.
  — Julia Buckley, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
• The weather emptied the beaches Friday and Saturday and pushed visitors and locals inside the bars and restaurants where college hoops aired on the TVs.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 26 Mar. 2024

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empty

3 of 3 noun

• Days, even weeks, in a tent or a bivouac, the hours empty of all but numbing chores and the howling of the wind.
  — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2020
• But the stench that Sánchez referred to comes from a sewage pipe that empties near the Muelle Real.
  — Mario J. Pentón, miamiherald, 7 June 2018
• Heiskanen’s goal came with the Stars’ net empty and was his first since Dec. 3, a stretch of 33 games.
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2020
• Schedule a free pick-up for your Loop Tote filled with empties.
  — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, 25 Mar. 2019
• But they weren't finished -- the group pulled through the drive-through lane and threw an empty can through its window.
  — Kendall Trammell and Deanna Hackney, CNN, 3 Sep. 2019
• Since candles come in all shapes and sizes, there are a ton of ways to reuse your empties.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 7 Apr. 2023
• After the show, the Echoplex staff empties out the venue, letting only those fans who spent $100 for a meet-and-greet linger.
  — Jaime Falcón, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
• When the boys game is played first, what often happens is once the game ends, the gym empties while the girls are warming up.
  — OregonLive.com, 29 Jan. 2018
• And, best of all, the vacuum empties itself, so dust stays out of sight and your hands stay clean.
  — Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG, 24 Apr. 2023
• Then again, their try-hard meter is on empty and Young would help their pass rush.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2019
• The dugout empties, the rest of the team stampedes to shallow left field to find the hero and hug him or tackle him or tear at his jersey.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2019
• Oak Creek empties into the Verde River, a key source of water forthe Phoenix area.
  — Ian James, azcentral, 14 July 2019
• And even though only one person walked away with the big bonus, no one left empty handed.
  — NBC News, 31 Oct. 2017
• The kayaks loop around a bend and, where Bull Creek empties into it from a thick stand of forest, the water is as clear as vodka.
  — Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2018
• Luding stops Overhardt twice. 5-3 Blichfeld with the net empty picks up a loose puck that stopped in the Seattle zone.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, OregonLive.com, 12 Feb. 2018
• Officers from the state Department of Fish and Wildlife found the bear there amid a pile of punctured empties.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2023
• Fans clamor for riders to toss them their empties at the finish, and scramble for the souvenirs.
  — Washington Post, 12 July 2019
• The horses are saddled in the paddock in two shifts, and at least one stall is kept empty between horses.
  — Joe Drape, New York Times, 12 May 2020
• Adding protein and fiber to a meal will slow down the rate at which your stomach empties, and glucose will get into the blood more slowly.
  — Karina Zaiets, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2023
• Anyone looking to be sniffed by a chinchilla is welcome to partake until the next band goes on and the room empties out.
  — Jackson Landers, SPIN, 8 June 2023
• With Tillerson’s departure, this leaves eight of the nine top jobs at the State Department empty.
  — Michael Andor Brodeur, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Mar. 2018
• At my work, the cleaning service empties everything in the fridge at close of business on Friday.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 24 Oct. 2019
• Plaine Products Send your empties back with Plaine Products.
  — Mandy Ferreira, Good Housekeeping, 24 Aug. 2017
• Trump didn’t exactly walk away from the G20 empty handed.
  — Rob Tornoe, Philly.com, 9 July 2017
• Watching your personal pile of empties stack up in front of you is a game unto itself.
  — Bon Appetit, 19 Mar. 2018
• After dark, when the memorial park across the street empties and office workers head home, Perelman lights up like a lantern.
  — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• The action came after large cruise ships were sailing on the Giudecca canal, one of the main waterways through Venice that empties into St. Mark's basin.
  — Travis Fedschun, Fox News, 29 Apr. 2018
• The clean area of carpet that was revealed looked bizarre: a rectangle of dark-blue berber empty of debris, save for a single scrap of pink paper.
  — J. Robert Lennon, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2019
• Also, a good, fiber-rich diet empties and cleans out the ass naturally.
  — Dan Savage, Chicago Reader, 16 May 2018
• After her performance came to an end, no one left empty handed.
  — Kendall Lindsay, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2019

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024