Sentence examples for playing empty from inspiring English sources

In the end, the band went from playing empty clubs to packed houses, but while major labels inquired, a deal was never offered.

Having left the cavernous and, at least when Seton Hall played, empty Continental Arena in East Rutherford, the Pirates are flourishing here in their new home, the Prudential Center.

In the deserted lobby, Muzak was playing to empty armchairs.

By contrast, other movies in the complex were playing in empty theatres.

The sidewalk in front of the Lunt-Fontanne Theater, where "Beauty and the Beast" is playing, was empty.

But Mr. David said the producers would be flexible and would not want to stay too long and risk playing to empty seats.

The area had long been a destination for music-loving locals, who flocked to nearby streets to hear tropical trios playing in empty lots.

"He was an alienated American, a wandering Jew, a musician playing to empty houses on an endless foreign tour," he wrote.

Kohrses grew up napping among cone boxes as infants, playing in empty ones as toddlers and learning to stack them as teenagers.

The two Democratic hopefuls for governor find themselves playing to empty rooms and chatting up people who do not know their names.

If new artists don't become successful, "I've doubled and tripled down on everything and I'm still playing to empty houses and not selling records".