Sentence examples for hollow shells from inspiring English sources
Abandoned homesteads are hollow shells on distant hilltops, the only landmarks among endless brown grass.
"If we don't stand by our principles, our lives are hollow shells," he said.
Some of their grand chapels were demolished; others now stand forlorn and ruined amid the tombs, ghostly hollow shells.
Lampedusa's own palaces were reduced to hollow shells by bombs and penury, like the aftermath of a banquet.
Images from the city showed scenes of apocalyptic devastation, with shipping containers scattered and destroyed, ranks of new cars torched and buildings left as hollow shells.
Although no one was seriously hurt, nearly 270 people were displaced as their apartments burned to blackened, hollow shells or were severely damaged.
It's no hollow shell, however.
For the time being, it's still a hollow shell.
W. Oliver Stone's panoramic biography of the President as a hollow shell.
It has become a hollow shell of what it once was.
