Sentence examples for empty against from inspiring English sources

Hollis Thompson and Daniel Orton had no points against the Wizards, and Thompson came up empty against the Bulls.

"But at the end of the day, we tried real hard and just came up empty against a team that was better than us today".

But they all came up empty against the Rockets, leaving the Knicks with their fourth straight loss, and their seventh in 11 games.

During the day, it's a commuter trail for school kids and workers; now it's sharp and empty against the clear night sky.

The Mets came up empty against Expos starter Sun Woo Kim, who lost a chance to record his first National League victory when a cramp in his right leg forced him from the game with one out in the fifth inning.

This may continue for an hour before mating takes place, when the male presses his cloaca (the chamber into which the reproductive, urinary, and intestinal canals empty) against that of the female.

It's the precariousness of the composition that gives the image such force, along with the playing off of empty space against full; black against light; circle against straight lines.

One announcer's expert analysis: "It's always dangerous to leave an empty net against Russia".

"You can't get that close and come away empty, especially against a good team like Boston College," Schiano said.

"I read a book at that table," the man in the pale-gray suit says, pointing to a small empty table against the wall.

The two paintings made with Basquiat show that both artists understood how to pit words, images and empty canvas against one another.