Sentence examples for keep empty from inspiring English sources

One needs  to feel That the two empty, huddled, dark  stage-boxes keep Empty for kings.

No such shipment was ever found, but Spies did keep empty bombshells on his desk, in order to impress reporters from the mainstream press.

So the pied-à-terre she had in mind would be small, quiet, sunny, and a place she could afford to keep empty when she was away.

Until that happens, the state will be required to keep empty prisons staffed for as long as a year before shuttering them.

Joe F. Smith, a former superintendent who runs texasisd.com, a clearinghouse of news and information for school officials, said districts often decided to keep empty buildings because they were not sure if they would need them again.

With swingeing budget cuts and chronic overcrowding, prisons can no longer afford to keep empty cells, sometimes for several weeks at a time, on the off-chance they will be called on to take problem inmates.

They kept empty chatter to a minimum and applied themselves to the matters at hand.

The basin is kept empty and its floor under cultivation, except during the flood season.

The annex has been kept empty of furnishings, as Mr. Frank found it after the war, Mr. Leopold said.

Large areas of the third floor and basement have been kept empty pending a resolution of the building's fate.

A spare chair is kept empty between the two of them for Bishop Artemije, Father Sava's superior.