Sentence examples for a rather hollow from inspiring English sources

But after all the sordid lies, a "not guilty" verdict could be a rather hollow victory.

Most Belgians assume that the end-point of this crisis will, indeed, be another fudge that preserves Belgium as a country, albeit in a rather hollow shell.

Good over as this game peters out to a rather hollow England win, reminiscent of their so-called triumph over the Netherlands in 1996.

He cites the findings of the University of Sheffield's Political Economy Research Institute that "chaos reigns" and the "agenda remains a rather hollow one".

"By the time they introduced the congestion charge in London the idea that driving in London was anything to do with freedom I think would have made most people laugh in a rather hollow way".

Many of those Twickenham regulars had paid to watch a rather hollow victory over Fiji followed by narrow but nevertheless dispiriting defeats at the hands of the Wallabies and the Springboks.

"Shorten has a plan for $100bn of new taxes so this is all rather hollow and rather late in the piece.

The charge of "naivety" that once held back such a perspective rings rather hollow today.

But if claiming a reverse bias sounds rather hollow in contrast to the struggles of many young designers, other challenges posed by royal blood might seem more substantive.

But isn't any confidence derived from a well-fitting skirt fundamentally rather hollow and fleeting?

'You can only beat what is put in front of you' may sound rather hollow for him after a performance which has established him as an elite welterweight.