Sentence examples for empty handed from inspiring English sources

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empty attributed

empty abandoned

free handed

bare handed

blank handed

"empty handed" is correct and can be used in written English.
"Empty handed" refers to something that has been completed without obtaining the desired outcome. Example sentence: After searching for the lost key all day, he returned home empty handed.

Exact(13)

My Joy (shamefully) goes home empty handed.

The Guardian - Film

How could I go home empty handed?

Forbes

So which nominees went home empty handed?

BBC

Empty Handed 11.

Huffington Post

I left Ikram empty handed.

Huffington Post

I was caught empty handed.

Vice

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Her daughter left empty-handed.

The New York Times

But he returned empty-handed.

The New York Times

No one goes home empty-handed.

The New Yorker

"I cannot go home empty-handed.

The New York Times

"The Last Station" went home empty-handed.

Independent

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strip handed

tom handed

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emptiness handed

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