Sentence examples for was virtually empty of from inspiring English sources

Before 1930 the radio spectrum above 30 megahertz was virtually empty of man-made signals.

At rush hour this evening, Interstate 66, a major highway connecting Washington to its Northern Virginia suburbs, was virtually empty of its usual bumper-to-bumper traffic.

What that means is that at the moment when things began to spiral out of control, the area of greatest menace was virtually empty of police protection.

At Bloomingdale's flagship store in Manhattan, where executives rehearse for disasters, the store was virtually empty of shoppers after the attacks.

There were so many that you had to avoid stepping on them as they basked in the sunshine, wings open, on the path – while the spectacular herbaceous border against the brick-and-flint wall on the garden's opposite side, itself 100 yards long and full of striking colour, was virtually empty of butterflies.

No explanation was given for this lockdown, but the net effect was that our particular rectangle of the Mall was virtually empty of people.

Tahrir was virtually empty on Monday except for several dozen supporters of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the former general who overthrew an elected Islamist leader in 2013.

The Kalahari is virtually empty of people: the Owenses later wrote of living with only "a few bands of Stone Age Bushmen in an area larger than Ireland".

Inside, clinics are virtually empty of patients, many of whom, doctors say, have been hauled away for detention after participating in protests.

A year after it opened, the Shard is reported to be virtually empty of tenants The scene is ostensibly retro: Colchester's Minories Gallery packed with artists and liggers, jigsaw-puzzle pieces being exchanged for free drinks, the walls and floors covered with Op Art and trippy digital prints.

The park is virtually empty of people.