Sentence examples for an empty phrase from inspiring English sources

"an empty phrase" is correct and usable in written English.
Generally speaking, you can use it when you want to refer to a statement or phrase that conveys little or no meaning, such as a cliché. For example, you could say, "The phrase 'time is money' is nothing more than an empty phrase."

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For me it is an empty phrase..

"Moral hazard" is not an empty phrase.

For me it is an empty phrase...

Without them "western civilisation" would be an empty phrase.

'The third way is such an empty phrase......

But in 1989, my 30th year, those words were not just an empty phrase.

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From the point of view of the league, this was a usefully empty phrase, a vessel for pretending that the point of these protests is something other than progressive, implicitly hopeful that America is on the verge of achieving an apolitical state of unity in which problems of justice have the good manners to cease existing.

The dignity of the heart assigned to it from ancient time was treated with contempt as a but empty phrase.

Sure, "sustainable development" has become a weaselly, empty phrase, and even with increased density American cities will probably remain far more auto-centric than European cities and than some greenies might like.

I like the Slideon because of its minimalist design, to use a tired, empty phrase.

The concept 'holistic view' is politically heavy loaded and generally considered a rather empty phrase, seldom used by professionals for describing general practice.

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