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Free sign upThe phrase "an empty vessel" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used metaphorically to describe someone who lacks knowledge, experience, or substance, often implying that they are easily influenced or manipulated.
Example: "In discussions, he often comes across as an empty vessel, absorbing others' opinions without forming his own."
Alternatives: "a blank slate" or "a hollow shell".
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An angel, a unicorn, a T-1000, an empty vessel?
"Culture has become an empty vessel".
Guo sees her as an "empty vessel.
I am an empty vessel facing nothingness.
But remember this: an actor is not an empty vessel.
But he said it was unfair to characterize Pacific Century as an empty vessel.
Mrs. Clinton, of course, is hardly an empty vessel on the Middle East.
With all that distracting surface to boast, Zen could easily have been an empty vessel underneath.
But if you don't have a compelling product, you have an empty vessel".
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Versatile though she was, she was never an empty-vessel sort of actor like Daniel Day-Lewis.
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