Sentence examples for turned up empty from inspiring English sources

But a raid on an apartment there later that night turned up empty.

They started scouring the grocery stores for a frozen treat that was both nutritious and delicious, but their search turned up empty.

The search turned up empty.

After the assault, which occurred at about 6 40 a.m. at the West Olive Avenue station, a search for the man turned up empty.

The cave turned up empty.

But all leads have turned up empty.

But on the morning of our departure, Bruce turned up empty-handed.

Twelve of the rodents were caught in November 2004; in December 2011, scientists looking for them turned up empty-handed.

When David Cameron visited a food bank in his affluent constituency he reportedly turned up empty-handed, posed for photographs, and helped himself to a free lunch.

Opposition leaders had gone to Turkey and to Sunni financiers in the Gulf in hopes of securing antiaircraft missiles to shoot down Assad's jets, but turned up empty-handed.

I'm used to fruitlessly waiting like this for checks or packages I purposely order, but somehow getting these useless trinkets felt especially important to me, and when the mailman turned up empty-handed, it felt especially disappointing.