Sentence examples for hollow charade from inspiring English sources

Frankly, we had expected somewhat more from her, considering her 1995 article disparaging the hearings process as a "vapid and hollow charade".

But in one of Ms. Kagan's few forcefully stated positions, she wrote in 1995 that she detests "polite and restrained" confirmation hearings, calling them a "vapid and hollow charade" and urging senators to fully explore a court nominee's substantive views.

AMONG its other virtues, the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court is an opportunity to rescue the confirmation process from the "vapid and hollow charade" that it has become.

QUESTION FROM GOVERNINGWORKS: How, if at all, do you think Ms. Kagan's characterization of Supreme Court confirmation hearings since Judge Bork in 1987 as a "vapid and hollow charade" will affect her own confirmation hearings?

They will also remind her of her own words in a 1995 book review, when she denounced confirmation hearings as a "vapid and hollow charade" and called for nominees to be more forthcoming.

Fifteen years ago, Elena Kagan wrote a law review article calling the Supreme Court confirmation process "a vapid and hollow charade" that takes on "an air of vacuity and farce". Instead of a quality discussion, she wrote, nominees offer "repetition of platitudes" and "personal anecdotes". On Tuesday, fate cast Kagan as the lead actor in the very farce she correctly described.

But the charade persists.

They are a charade.

They're a charade.

It was their charade.

Please stop this charade".