Sentence examples for empty achievement from inspiring English sources

called the SBA's claim "an empty achievement".

It is a combination that also sadly eludes the Met's expensive, empty "Ring," which values technical achievement over ideas and passion.

Instead of feeling fulfilled by their achievements, they feel empty in the face of them.

Meanwhile, EastEnders left the ceremony in Manchester almost empty handed, with just a Lifetime Achievement award for Adam Woodyatt, who has played Ian Beale since the soap began.

The museum now sits forlornly in an empty development, a symbol of architectural achievement as well as the folly of ambition.

Until that happens, argues Martins de Campos, biological theories explaining differences in scientific achievement will "run on empty if... conditions for both genders are not the same".

The sky is blue, the park empty and we're all buzzing with achievement, especially after a final zipwire flight across the Sventoji river.

"I had never thought the simple work of planting an empty yard would bloom and peak into an achievement of the noblest honour in the world of science," he said.

For years, every Sunday morning I'd sit with my empty notebook while reading the steady cascade of achievement in The New York Times Book Review.

We are both prone to focus ferociously on achievements only to find them strangely empty once attained.

The "half empty" view emphasizes the failure to raise children's achievement sufficiently and the uneven quality of programs.