Sentence examples similar to a hollow action from inspiring English sources

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Summer blockbuster checklist: budget-hollowing action sequences – check; trailer-ready quips dripping in smugness – check; source material that renders original ideas irrelevant – check; clumsily open endings allowing for sequels, reboots, remakes and an expanded universe – check; forced romance culminating in a kiss, usually, carelessly, during a life-threatening situation – ermmm..

But that could leave him looking weak, his action a hollow symbol.

"Princeton in the Nation's Service and the Service of All Nations" is not a hollow phrase, but a call to action that justifies the immense effort and resources that go into educating each of you.

His Bond seems a hollow man, devoid of the animating sense of Bond's actions that play such an important role in Fleming's books.

A hollow figure, stripped of power, of perks and - though his own actions - of dignity, his significance dropped away before the Anschutz story.

A hollow triumph.

A hollow claim!

It was a hollow vow.

It's a hollow shell.

That was a hollow promise.

This is a hollow promise.

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