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The phrase "awful empty" is correct and usable in written English, though it is informal.
It can be used to describe a feeling of emptiness or lack, often in a colloquial context.
Example: "After the party ended, the house felt awful empty without all the laughter and chatter."
Alternatives: "very empty" or "extremely empty".
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I've run a red light to grab a passenger after two awful, empty hours.
At worst they were an excuse to remain mired in an awful, empty hopeless cynicism.
And her luck in four Olympics has been awful, empty of medals, full of disappointment.
Unlike the two track-and-field athletes, the Corbins and their team-mates finished with nothing more than that awful, empty feeling of fourth place.
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You remember that god-awful empty feeling; you remember being sucked into your own chest and that feeling of hollowness".
The story of two sisters feuding over an extremely valuable stamp collection isn't aggressively awful, just empty.
It's always awful — cold, stiff, empty.
Everyone agrees that partner sounds awful — too anodyne, empty, cold.
There are an awful lot of empty seats in the Blackpool sections of the ground.
"There were an awful lot of empty hours, corridors, playing push-penny, time wasted at what should be the most vibrant time of your life when your character is being formed".
Mr. Brown hurried back to Oxford and the awful sight of an empty space on the wall where the Cezanne had been.
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