Sentence examples for an empty handbag from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "an empty handbag" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a handbag that has no contents inside.
Example: "She reached into her purse but realized she had forgotten her wallet in an empty handbag."
Alternatives: "a vacant purse" or "a hollow bag".

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What was her reason for carrying an empty handbag?

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Later, when something compelled me to check my mother's empty handbag one last time, I found a little pill-box in it, which I couldn't open because the clasp was stuck.

A pair of trainers and plimsolls, a handbag, an empty rucksack and contact lenses were found near to the A47 weeks after the couple's death.

The man, wearing a dark gray jacket, placed a small handbag on an empty chair close to the cockpit.

What do photographs of an Iraqi landscape, an empty concrete room, and a still life of a banana and handbag have in common?

By Suzanne Shaheen February 2 , 2012What do photographs of an Iraqi landscape, an empty concrete room, and a still life of a banana and handbag have in common?

(If a woman's handbag is a window onto her soul, Obama really is normal: hers had an empty M&M's wrapper and an iPod sticking out of an unzipped compartment).

Into an empty cube.

See an empty spot?

Have an empty clip?

Grab an empty pillowcase.

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