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How to use hollow in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb, adjective

Hollow means a small valley between mountains. Example: “He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies.”

Examples of hollow by meaning

nounA small valley between mountains.

  • He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies.

nounA sunken area on a surface.

  • He held the chick in the hollow of his hand.

nounAn unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.

  • a hollow in a tree trunk

nounA feeling of emptiness.

  • a hollow in the pit of one’s stomach

adjectiveHaving an empty space or cavity inside.

  • a hollow tree; a hollow sphere

adjectiveDistant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.

  • He let out a hollow moan.
  • Through thy battlements, Newstead, the hollow winds whistle:1903, George Gordon Byron, On Leaving Newstead Abbey

adjectiveWithout substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.

  • a hollow victory

adjectiveInsincere, devoid of validity; specious.

  • a hollow promise
  • She's trying to sound tough and brave, but it's a hollow act in these circumstances.2011, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, Penguin Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 170

More sentences with hollow

  • She looked old and thin with sunken cheeks and hollow eyes.From the entry sunken
  • Those brass knobs and their hollow counterparts interlock perfectly.From the entry counterpart
  • Our neighborhood was our only reason to exchange hollow greetings.From the entry neighborhood
  • A form of these lissoneoids somewhat resemble the trochoidal forms, the latter being more hollow than the former.From the entry lissoneoid
  • My discovery that she was an aviation blonde passed as a hollow triumph.2021, Tyler Black, Johnny Geddes, Free Radical, page 244. From the entry aviation blonde
  • Say hello to a phalanx of fellows whose phallophilia lies fallow on the hollow feather pillow.2020, Dominic Pettman, The Humid Condition, Punctum Books, →ISBN, page 44. From the entry phallophilia
  • From the hollow on their left, the wind came booming up.2019 December 9 [????], E. Phillips Oppenheim, Nobody's Man: A Thrilling Tale of Espionage and Betrayal, Good Press. From the entry scat
  • Inside was a bed of silk, and the Acorn of Ankara fitted perfectly into a small hollow.2015, Jordan Stratford, “Rumble and Great Speed”, in The Case of the Missing Moonstone (The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency), London…. From the entry befezzed
  • Nothing made sense anymore and they could not bear the agony of living a pointlessly hollow life.2011, Munayem Mayenin, Laranska the Anatomy of Fear. From the entry normaldom
  • Gracie's handful of treasures hit the plastic bottom with a hollow rattle.2011, Susan Andersen, Exposure. From the entry lellow
  • You've got a hollow tooth, I found it when I gagged you.2010, Lawrence Block, Such Men Are Dangerous, →ISBN. From the entry black pill
  • Diagram of a meliponine nest in a hollow tree, with parts labeled.2007 May 31, Charles D. Michener, The Bees of the World, JHU Press, →ISBN, page 28. From the entry batumen
  • Lacertid teeth are hollow at the base (teiid teeth are solid).2006, Eric R. Pianka, Laurie J. Vitt, Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity, page 206. From the entry lacertid
  • Nest boxes were erected across the island to supplement the dearth of natural hollows.2002, Philip Gibbons, David Lindenmayer, “The Role of Nest Boxes in Research and Management”, in Tree Hollows and Wildlife Conservation in…. From the entry morepork
  • The hollow, transparent tooth of a cone snail can remain lodged in the puncture wound.1997, Craig Thomas, Susan Scott, All Stings Considered: First Aid and Medical Treatment of Hawaii's Marine Injuries, passage 25. From the entry textile cone
  • Does it bounce around like a superball in a hollow cavity?1992, Rick Altman, Sound theory, sound practice, page 40. From the entry beanbag
  • Toggler screw anchors can be used in hollow walls or as anchors in solid wall materials.1991, William Perkins Spence, L. Duane Griffiths, Furnituremaking: design and construction, page 88. From the entry toggler
  • This hollow, lumpy, yellow-brown algae grows epiphytically in sac-like clumps on large seaweeds and on rocks.1984, Deborah A. Coulombe, The Seaside Naturalist: A Guide to Study at the Seashore, page 33. From the entry algae
  • I found ( SLS ) hollow , unproductive , unalive , and above all stagy: not cinematic.1983, John S. McCann, The Critical Reputation of Tennessee Williams, page 171. From the entry unalive
  • In addition, some artists actually sometimes seal sacred liquid within the hollow, syringelike handle of the fan.1983, Robert Farris Thompson, Flash of the spirit: African and Afro-American art and philosophy. From the entry syringelike
  • The hollow laugh laughs at that which is not true, it is the intellectual laugh.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC. From the entry haw
  • The headbolt heater consists of a hollow steel bolt containing an electric heating element.1949, American Railway Engineering Association, Bulletin - Issues 481-487, page 277. From the entry water jacket
  • "Look aht, Percy," enjoined a hollow but reassuring voice, "'ere comes another!"1916 February 23, “Underground Game”, in Punch, or the London Charivari, volume 150. From the entry aht
  • See, this grows in hollow trees in a maple or a oak.1911, Patsy Moore Ginns, quoting Stanley Hicks, “Ghosts, Haints, and Witches”, in Snowbird Gravy and Dishpan Pie: Mountain People Recall…. From the entry foxfire
  • His face had an arrestively hollow look, but that frozen smile was set on it.1910, Robert W. Service, chapter 16, in The Trail of ’98, Toronto: The Ryerson Press, page 452. From the entry arrestively
  • In his own ears the words he spoke rang hollow, awkward, even impertinent.1901, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 9, in The Hero. From the entry ring hollow
  • She had ordered eggplant pirogue — a hollowed out eggplant, breaded, fried, and stuffed with shrimp, crawfish, and crab.2019, Marlys Beider, Continuum, page 257. From the entry pirogue
  • Foundation Sites became hollow, inaccessible dead zones.26 August 2019, qntm, “Unthreaded”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, pages 161–162. From the entry neutralisation
  • The fire is stoked by blowing through a hollow cane made from the folium of the tucum palm.2016, Gustavo Politis, Nukak: Ethnoarchaeology of an Amazonian People, pages 7-15. From the entry folium
  • A man in a trucker cap with hollow cheeks and serial killer glasses eyed him over hash browns.2013, Max Barry, Lexicon. From the entry serial killer glasses

Meaning of hollow

  1. noun A small valley between mountains.
  2. noun A sunken area on a surface.
  3. noun An unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.

Full definition of hollow

Questions about hollow in a sentence

How do you use hollow in a sentence?
Hollow is used as a noun, verb and adjective. For example: “He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies.”
What is a short sentence with hollow?
“a hollow promise”
What does hollow mean?
Hollow means a small valley between mountains.

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