Sentence examples for supposed to be empty from inspiring English sources

By understanding what empty things are supposed to be empty of we simultaneously gain a more precise understanding of the concept of emptiness.

Lights blaze from a house supposed to be empty; in Malta a freshwater stream falls through a crack in a clifftop, a "spout of spittle shining like light above the ocean"; the view from Veneering's house is "a shimmering water-colour dream".

The resulting SP frame allocation scheme allows the SP frame to be transmitted when the receiver buffer is supposed to be empty, with a minimization of the wasted bits after the bitstream switching[10].

Although it lacks a screen of its own, it promises broadly similar functions, including the ability to send you a notification if its motion sensor is triggered when your house is supposed to be empty.

From 50-nm Pd film shown in Fig. 1b, one can distinguish that when sputtering time reaches to 10 min (where it is essentially supposed to be empty from substrate elements) oxygen concentration is even higher than its concentration at substrate.

The "Lisanne" was boarded and DEA agents found cocaine powder on drill bits used to penetrate what were supposed to be empty cargo containers.

Hang on a minute, you're supposed to be empty-handed and 15 points behind Barcelona?

The problem of American mothers is supposed to be empty-nest syndrome, which Maxine, even with her full nest, implicitly represents.

It remains to be seen whether New Yorkers will embrace the program, given that some may cringe at keeping a container of potentially malodorous waste in a typically cramped urban kitchen, even if it is supposed to be emptied regularly.

His weapon is supposed to be an empty symbol.

Most people who feel empty have no idea what is supposed to be in that empty space.