Sentence examples for rather vacant from inspiring English sources

When New Order fails to move — move the feet, move the heart — it is because the music and the image recede too far into the group's expected pattern, so that the gap between the band and the listener is no longer mysterious but, rather, vacant.

The latest project in this line is The Rum Diary, which has been delivered as a proof that Johnny Depp can do whatever he wants, no matter that this rather vacant superstar is fixed on the prospect of being Hunter Thompson.

In the Providence mall, some stores looked rather vacant, including Victoria's Secret and the men's department of Filene's, where Steven Batista, 23, a gold and silver polisher from Lincoln, R.I., said the store was carrying the same cargo pants and sweatshirts it carried a year ago.

Well, idle capacity only costs Verizon money, so with Apple as a multi-carrier-supported MVNO, Verizon can offer Apple a discounted rate on that idle capacity and iPhone users in the area then have the option to use Verizon's rather vacant network instead of sticking with Sprint's overloaded one.

Unfortunately it's rather expensive: "vacant," it's $595, and with legs, side tables, extra drawers and so on, it can run you a thousand bucks and more.

Labour-controlled Islington council in London says 17,000 square metres of office floor space have already been lost, much of it occupied rather than vacant, adding up to the equivalent of 1,400 jobs.

Yet the store was rather quiet and vacant as closing time neared; a perfect time to shop, my brother advised.

Now the nightspots are gone and the boulevard is quiet and rather bleak, with vacant lots and apartments.

Senator Charles E. Schumer suggested yesterday that the New York Power Authority place a new generator on property owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in Long Island City, rather than on vacant land next to the Silvercup Studios, which is concerned about its noise.

Regarding public housing, Tufaro called for renovations rather than demolishing vacant buildings, which drew criticism, as Housing Commissioner Daniel P. Henson III pointed out that renovating was more expensive than demolishing.

However, finding paid writing opportunities is tough, as the majority of websites with open positions will punch out a tweet or post a brief Facebook status about their situations vacant, rather than formally listing anything on your usual job search engines.