And not in that whole "makers vs. takers" Fox Newsy way, but in the way that often times when people put in a lot of passion, time and effort into a political cause or campaign, they get back empty promises, disappointment or, in some cases, nothing at all.
In particular, we ask if it is possible to find evidence of the increase and decrease of motivation linked to the amount of time spent without finding any items (weariness), the discovery of items (reinforcement) or the finding of an empty chest (disappointment).
But when a show pledges to give fans even more and then doesn't deliver its leave of an empty feeling of mild disappointment.
And her luck in four Olympics has been awful, empty of medals, full of disappointment.
I also wrote three breezy letters and posted them in advance -- as per the camp's instructions -- so that he would not experience the disappointment of an empty mailbox upon his arrival.
Yaneth Fierro, 42, a housewife from Acapulco, expressed amazement at the luxury of the compound — there was a small cinema in the basement of one building — but disappointment at completely emptied rooms.
True, too much empty praise sets kids up for disappointment ("But mommy, you told me I was a great hockey player and I DIDN'T EVEN SCORE A SINGLE GOAL!!").
The one disappointment was the number of empty seats in the stadium, which may be evidence of the Twenty20 takeover in India.
They shot its doors open and sprayed the rooms with fire one by one, realizing with a mixture of relief and disappointment that the building was empty.
They shot its doors open and sprayed the rooms with fire one by one, realising with a mixture of relief and disappointment that the building was empty.
