Sentence examples for empty in the face of from inspiring English sources

The manufacturers' bland assurances seem empty in the face of this long-term die-off of these beneficial creatures.

Beyond that there is a case for a more thorough review of the powers councils have to deter the waste of homes being left empty in the face of our high housing needs, as it is doubtful that 150% council tax is enough of a deterrent, especially at the top end of the market".

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

Glory, triumph — these words emptied in the face of the force and reality of Death, the deaths of young men she knew in Amherst, the deaths of the thousands of soldiers she read about in the newspapers delivered regularly to her door.

He awoke one morning last week to find two empty sockets in the face of his 2001 Acura 3.2CL, where high-intensity-discharge lights had resided the night before, and a fender bent by the efforts of the thief or thieves to pry them out.

Prestige is an empty concept in the face of death, and the glory is of course false and hollow.

This leaves medicine almost empty-handed in the face of an ever-growing problem.

Durkheim would explain this as a transfer of selflessness, from the "effervescence" of the group in ritual which empties out the ego of the individual participants, to the emptying out of the ego in the face of God.

Mr. Kasidiaris, who has served in the Greek military's special forces, emptied his glass of water in the face of Rena Dourou, of the ascendant leftist party Syriza, before turning on an outspoken Communist Party candidate, Liana Kanelli, who had risen from her seat.

Peter Skyte, national officer for the Unite union, said: "The government has spectacularly squandered the opportunity to deal with misuse and abuse of the intra-company transfer scheme in its migration cap announcement in the face of largely empty threats by big business to withdraw investment from the UK.

But it is now left with pockets of empty lots, shuttered homes and a continuing foreclosure problem in the face of high unemployment.